golden scales

"Donglu widely practiced 'benevolence and justice' in the capital, and even shaved his head. This ambition is already big enough." Zhu Cihong suppressed the smile on his face, and said: "The officials in the south have the nerve to send out Reward, gift! Isn't this telling Donglu clearly that there is no one in my court, and they are all cowards!"

It was the first time Chongzhen saw his son lose such a temper. He was about to talk about Wu Sangui, but Zhu Cihong said again: "It is precisely because I am afraid of the Eastern Captives every time in the court, and I shy away from them, that I can support them. Such arrogance! If you still show your cowardice this time around, one hundred thousand beasts from the east will go south in just around the corner!"

The two empresses and Concubine Yuan were so frightened that they covered their chests, and Emperor Chongzhen also turned pale, before he said after a long time: "Can your guard battalion stop it?"

Zhu Cihong said: "If you can't stop it, you have to stop it. Other book friends are reading:." He found that his tone was a little blunt, knowing that Tian's family's psychological endurance is weak, and said: "Father, China has a vast territory and a large population. , As long as we fully mobilize the able-bodied people among the people to join the army and vigorously develop our military equipment, how can we lose to the Manchurian Tartars who have more than a hundred thousand people? The fear is that they dare not fight and lose their ancestral foundation in vain.”

"The national treasury has long been exhausted, what do you use to fight?" Chongzhen finally asked this question that he had been struggling with for a long time.

Zhu Cihong was very impressed that Emperor Chongzhen could ask for ideas, but he probably wouldn't like the real answer.

"Strict administration of officials, confiscation of stolen money." Zhu Cihong finally replied.

The Ming Dynasty was a typical middle-class society. The upper court had no money, and the people below had no money. The real rich were those merchants, officials, and aristocratic families.It cannot be denied that many of these people have made their fortunes through hard work, and some of them are even more charitable and have a great reputation in their hometowns. .

When Zhu Cihong waved the big stick of "Law of the Ming Dynasty", of course it was impossible to have superb micro-manipulation and be able to perfectly distinguish between good and evil.In the face of military and national affairs, the juncture of national survival, money must be guilty.Emperor Gao formulated a set of laws that can criminalize everyone at present, and absolutely no one can be exonerated—otherwise, Hai Rui No. [-] can be used as a moral model to confess.

in this case.Use extreme methods to collect private wealth for direct distribution.It seems that some people's hearts will be lost, but what will be gained is greater people's hearts.Moreover, what is lost is the hearts of those who evade taxes and do not want to serve as soldiers, but what is gained is the hearts of people who pay all kinds of taxes on time, are willing to work hard as civilian husbands, and are willing to shed blood and sweat to join the army.

Comparing the two, Zhu Cihong certainly made a choice without hesitation.

"When you were very young, you knew that those who won the hearts of the people won the world, but now you are acting like a bandit!" Chongzhen said angrily, "Are all the people you kill should be killed!"

"Father, my subjects are not willing to kill people." Zhu Cihong said: "As for the guilty officials, most of them are sent to teach in rural schools, so that they can review the teachings of sages and sages. It is good to make up for it. As for the stolen money... Hehe, Father. Could it be In order to show that we are different from Li Thief, we have to contradict everything? Then Li Thief eats, so we don't eat?"

"Presumptuous! How can you talk to the emperor like that!" Zhou Hou put on a straight face: "Don't step back and reflect on yourself!"

Knowing that his mother was afraid of His Majesty's fury, Zhu Cihong rescued him from the siege, so she bowed graciously and bid farewell.As soon as he turned around, he heard the shattering sound of the cup hitting the ground, and some fragments splashed on his calf.

You Shiwei lowered his head.Seeing that the crown prince left, but he didn't get the order to retreat, he became more and more depressed. .

"You Shiwei!" Emperor Chongzhen sent out an evil fire, and his eyes fell on the Zuo Dudu who wanted to use it before.However, when he saw the python dragon on his shoulder, he felt confused again: This You Shiwei is already the crown prince's personal.

"The minister is here." You Shiwei answered bravely.

"You are a seasoned general with a reputation, are you messing around with the crown prince now!" Chongzhen said angrily.

"Go back to the emperor," You Shiwei collected himself, "I think the old minister thinks that the only one who can turn the tide in today's world is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"You! Are you going to lie to me with that rebellious son!" Chongzhen said angrily, "If he can make up for the current situation, why did he fall everywhere from Henan to the capital! If you dare to say 'trading space for time', I will kill you on the spot!" you!"

After all, You Shiwei is a veteran general, and he only waited for Chongzhen's breathing to calm down before he said: "Your Majesty, who is speaking slander in His Majesty's ears? It really deserves to be executed! Although the East Palace is given up, it is an unbearable place to die. Even so, Donggong fought bravely in all the battles and achieved a lot of victories, where did he deceive Shengting?"

"Hmph!" Chongzhen snorted heavily: "The daily newspaper said that the enemy general Liu Zongmin was captured, who? It also said that Liu Fangliang was captured before, who is! Just put up a banner and say it's Li Thief's big flag, and treat me like a child Are you lying, other book friends are reading:!"

The exchange of You Shiwei and others with Liu Zongmin is not widely circulated in the army.This is in consideration of the face of the veterans, and it is only said to be used as bait to catch Li Zicheng's big fish.

As for Liu Fangliang, after Li Zicheng fled to Shanxi, he was released by Zhu Cihong. Although he didn't say it publicly, Li Zicheng should understand the kindness in it.But of course this kind of thing can't be done with great fanfare, otherwise the crown prince would take the lead in colluding with the thieves, so Liu Fangliang "escaped" by himself.

"Your Majesty, that flag is indeed the banner of Marshal Li Bandit." You Shiwei argued, "That day, I was beside His Highness, and I saw with my own eyes two hundred brave men rushing into Li Bandit's formation... Well, Your Majesty, outside There are still people who have witnessed it, please call the right one!" You Shiwei was afraid that he would not be able to speak clearly, so he thought of Zhu Jiajun.

Even after such a long time, the scene of stepping on the ice that day still often appeared in the sleep of the old governor.

If it was in Beijing, how could Chongzhen summon a soldier?Here, the majesty of the emperor was suppressed to the limit by the small Laizhou Mansion.Chongzhen also wanted to know what kind of soldiers the crown prince Zhu Cihong had always trusted in Youjia.After a brief silence, the emperor spat out the word "Xuan".

Wang Chengen bowed back and ran out quickly.He didn't know Zhu Jiajun, but Donggong soldiers seemed to be familiar with each other, as long as he caught one, he could ask him out.

Wang Chengen's luck was better than he imagined. Before he could tell his servants to search separately, he ran into Zhu Jiajun at the gate of the Laizhou government office. Carrying the epaulettes of Donggong soldiers, although two stars are missing, there is one more horizontal bar, and the material looks like silver.

"You are Zhu Jiajun?" Wang Chengen himself couldn't believe it: "Go in quickly, His Majesty has summoned you!"

Zhu Jiajun was taken aback, and thought to himself: Why did Your Majesty summon me?Is that what His Highness means?

"Brother Zhu, you are busy first, let's meet another day!" The big major said: "If you don't go back today, you can come to the camp to find me at night."

Wang Chengen suddenly found that the big man had a coat of arms embroidered with gold thread on the front chest of his military uniform, and there were faint words on it.

"What is this?" Wang Chengen asked curiously.

"This is a first-class hand-to-hand combat medal." The big man was a head taller than Wang Chengen, and looked at him with lowered eyelids: "There is also a real gold medal, which is only worn when wearing military uniforms."

"This is the number one brave general in our army, Major Liu Si." Zhu Jiajun introduced him, and he also found it funny when he saw Liu Si's resigned face.

Wang Chengen rolled his eyes and said, "You also come together."

Chongzhen only announced one, but seeing Wang Chengen brought two, he felt strange.Wang Chengen walked quickly to Chongzhen's side, and said in a low voice: "My lord, when I saw this Donggong soldier outside, it seems that I was also in the guard camp for the first time. Let him talk together, so that there is a proof."

Chongzhen nodded, quite satisfied with Wang Chengen's safe handling of affairs.

"Humble post Zhu Jiajun (Liu Si), see Your Majesty."

The two of them performed the East Palace military salute straight up, but they didn't even plan to kneel down to see each other.

"Presumptuous! Still don't kneel down!" Wang Chengen was frightened half to death, and immediately angrily rebuked when he left the class.

Chongzhen felt it was very fresh, waved his hand to signal Wang Chengen to retreat, and asked, "Is this the military salute of the East Palace?"

"Return to Your Majesty," Zhu Jiajun stepped forward, heeling together heavily, "His Royal Highness, the military situation is urgent, and the moment cannot be delayed. Kneeling is forbidden, and only this military salute is performed." This is the new policy after the guard camp arrived in Denglai. The brewing and fermentation during that period has been accepted by the soldiers.

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