I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 243 Loyalty and Filial Piety
The two princes who held the power of the five armies, and the two most important generals of the Nine Frontiers.

They were all overwhelmed by Li Tian's new matchlock gun.

This was planned by Li Tian a long time ago, and it was also the first time he showed his fangs to these guys.

Convincing them is equivalent to conquering the hearts of most generals in the world.

Regardless of any rebellious chaos that may occur in the future, if they do not get their support, it will only end in ashes and ashes in the end.

Li Tian was very generous, he just scolded Zhu Rong a few words casually, fined him several years of salary, and told him to get out.

This made Zhu Rong, who was originally terrified, feel grateful and completely stopped.

As for Wu Kezhong, Li Tian left him alone and worked hard. Although the official title did not move, he rewarded him with a lot of gold and silver treasures.

This alone is enough to dispel everyone's prejudice against him in the court and make his position under his butt more stable.

As for Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu, Li Tian originally planned to let one of them be the general of the new army, but there will always be people who are unhappy about choosing one of the two.

In order to prevent the two of them from having any suspicions, Li Tian asked the two of them to jointly nominate a general with both ability and political integrity.

Pushing the troublesome matter out at once made him feel relieved.

But it's hard for these two dukes.

Although the relationship between the two of them is not bad on weekdays, they have their own problems.

The people under him also have their own masters. It is really not easy to find a person who can be trusted by both of them and who can control them.

Appeasement and deterrence, two-pronged approach, if these generals can't be suppressed by this, Li Tian probably has no choice but to kill himself.

Fortunately, his method worked, and the effect was surprisingly good.

With the support of these four people behind them, whether it is the current inspection of the guards or the upcoming military reform, the resistance will definitely be much smaller.

After sending several generals and dukes away.

Li Tian looked at Liu Baohe who was standing respectfully in the hall, but his psychology was actually very complicated.

Today, the reason why a few people have been overwhelmed by just a new type of firearm is that it has the bonus of the excellent performance of the firearm.

But it is also indispensable, Liu Baohe's superb, even perfect performance.

He really didn't expect that Liu Baohe's basic skills were so solid when he managed the military bureau in such an orderly manner.

In particular, he has an astonishing affinity with this new type of musket. It is only the first time to use it, but he can use it proficiently, and the performance is so good.

For such a talent, it would be a waste of his talent to be placed in a military battle.

After pondering for a while, Li Tian said bluntly to him,
"Liu Baohe, you have done a good job this time. I intend to reward you. Whatever reward you want, just say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely satisfy you."

If it was someone else, even if they wanted a reward, they would not dare to tell Li Tian directly.

Liu Baohe is different, he has a kind of bloody personality that eunuchs rarely have, which is very similar to Zheng He in some respects.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Tian likes him so much.

After listening to Li Tian's words, Liu Baohe hesitated for a while and then said,
"Your Majesty, this servant wants to find an errand outside the palace."

Li Tian was a little surprised, and asked in confusion,
"Why, didn't you do a good job in the Military Bureau, why do you want to work outside the palace?"

Liu Baohe didn't hide anything, and directly revealed the matter.

"Return to Your Majesty, the slave's parents are still alive, and their bodies are getting older day by day.

The slave boy has just entered the palace, and it is the slave's regret that he has not been able to fulfill his filial piety at their knees..."

If others heard Liu Baohe's words, it is estimated that without Li Tian speaking, he would have been scolded bloody.

"What's the matter, isn't your majesty less important than your parents? To actually want to use this kind of excuse to leave, what's the difference between this and courting death?"

However, as a person with memories of later generations, Li Tian can understand his feelings very well.

When he was a young white-collar worker, since he was in college, he could only spend a few days with his parents during the Chinese New Year all year round.

The thought of home, even now, is still a big rock in his heart.

And Liu Baohe was even worse than him. Since he entered the palace, for the past twenty years, although he and his parents were only separated by a wall, they couldn't see each other at all.

How can this kind of pain be understood by ordinary people.

After listening to him, Li Tian thought for a while, then said with a smile,

"I agree to your request. After a while, you can go to Tiangong Academy to work!"

Before Liu Baohe said this, he was actually very disturbed. After all, it would be considered disrespectful to tell the emperor face to face that he wanted to leave the palace.

Although he knew that after saying this sentence, he would probably be punished by Li Tian, ​​and he might not even save his life.

But he really wanted to go back to his parents, was really homesick, so he risked his life to speak out.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Tian agreed directly, and also arranged for him to be on duty at Tiangong Academy, which is currently the most popular.

Immediately, his eyes turned red, and he fell to his knees and kowtowed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you for your perfection, slave... slave..."

In the end, he was already sobbing.

Li Tian comforted him,

"Okay, what does it look like to be so big and crying, from now on, do a good job, I still need your talents in many places."

Liu Baohe forcibly stopped the tears of joy, and said in a hoarse voice,
"Your Majesty's great kindness, even if a slave dies, it will be difficult to repay him. From now on, he will never disappoint His Majesty's expectations."

Li Tian smiled and waved to him, "Go, pack up and go out of the palace. After you settle down, go directly to Zhou Zhen!"

Seeing him leave happily, Li Tian felt inexplicably relieved.

He sighed subconsciously, "It's really cool to be an emperor. Any little thing will make people feel grateful. Being a good person and emperor doesn't seem to be a bad thing!"

After being busy for a long time, Li Tian was also a little tired, so he went back to Kunning Palace and planned to chat with the queen for a while.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived, someone came to report that Zhou Zhen asked to see him.

Hearing that it was Zhou Zhen, Li Tian immediately beamed with joy.

Looks like it must have been matches and soap.

Immediately said loudly, "Quick, go and bring him here."

The little eunuch in charge of delivering the message was a little confused.

This is the harem, how could the emperor say that he met his courtiers in the harem.

"Your Majesty... here... this is the harem!"

Li Tian didn't care about this, and said bluntly, "If you are told to go, go, what are you doing so much?"

The little eunuch had no choice but to bite the bullet and run away.

Not long after, Zhou Zhen, who was holding two brocade boxes, with his head almost retracted into his neck, was brought in.

(End of this chapter)