At that moment, Yang Mingyu kowtowed directly to Zhu Youdong and said: "Master Hou, the last general and others have made a big mistake, please punish Master Hou." As soon as Yang Mingyu said this, everyone else also fell to the ground and said, "We made a big mistake, please punish Hou Ye." ”

At this time, Zhu Youdong slowly opened his eyes and wondered, "What mistake did you make?" Tell me, I heard that you are going to find me a daughter-in-law, this is a good thing that I have never encountered. Come, tell me well, and I'll see whose woman it is. ”

Saying that, Zhu Youdong stood up and walked in front of several people. Where did Yang Mingyu and the others dare to speak, almost all of them lay on the ground. These people, except for Wu Zongxiu, surrendered in Sichuan. Others were in Yunnan, but they had seen Zhu Youdong cruel, when it was 10,000 Manchurian Eight Banners and 20,000 Han Army Eight Banners, Zhu Youdong directly killed them all. Now that Zhu Youdong is angry, no one dares to say a word at all.

Zhu Youdong said again: "You guys are very thoughtful for me, I haven't been in charge of the country yet?" Why don't you plan for me too, what to do after I see the prison country? When will I ascend the throne, and who will be the queen, and then who will inherit the country of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Seeing that a few people were still lying motionless, Zhu Youdong shouted: "Say, why don't you say it now?" Don't you have a lot of plans? Come and tell me. ”

Zhu Youdong looked at Li Rubi and Wang Xing and said, "Li Rubi, Wang Xing, tell me what's going on?" What are you going to do? "Li Rubi and Wang Xing are both earls of the Yongli Imperial Court, and now in front of Zhu Youdong, there is still an uncle, of course, the two are not embarrassed, after all, Ma Bao, the Duke of Huaiguo, is also kneeling.

Seeing Zhu Youdong's questioning, Wang Xing followed Zhu Youdong in Guizhou after all. Immediately said: "We are also for the good of Hou Ye, if Hou Ye is in charge of the country, it represents the Son of Heaven, if he ascends the throne in the future, he will rule the world." If the palace is dominant, let alone so much support. If the King of Jin is coming back, the Hou Ye will marry the King of Jin. We are the ones who have surrendered to the Qing army, and the King of Jin will definitely not treat us, in that case, what will happen to us? ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Just for these non-existent things? You're going to get the Restoration Army out of the Hongguang Dynasty? In the Qin and Jin Dynasty of the Yongli Dynasty? Wang Xing said: "These things are of course non-existent for Hou Ye, but for us, they are life-threatening matters." ”

Zhu Youdong said angrily: "What life is at stake? Have I done you any wrong since you came to light? You, Wang Xing, surrendered to the Manchus, and when you were in Guiyang, did I blame you? After several major battles, did you use it as cannon fodder for storming the city like in the Qing army? Now more than 10,000 soldiers of the Ninth Army have been handed over to you. How? Are you still not satisfied? ”

Wang Xing said: "Master Hou, I also know that I made a big mistake this time, and Master Hou can punish him however he wants." We misheard the instigation of the thief, but we really didn't have any other thoughts about Hou Ye. We just want to protect ourselves, and we also want to contribute to Daming. ”

Zhu Youdong pointed at Wang Xing angrily, and didn't know what to say for a while. It took a long time before he said: "You are really stubborn, do you really think that He Qi will be so kind?" Suddenly, he came to give you advice and let you work together to protect yourself. ”

Zhu Youdong wanted to cut Wang Xing directly, but after turning around, he didn't see a knife, so he directly stepped forward and kicked Wang Xing to the ground, and turned around and kicked Li Rubi over. The two didn't dare to dodge, and after being kicked over, they immediately got up and knelt on the ground again.

Zhu Youdong pointed at the two of them angrily and said, "Do you really think he will save you?" He just wants to provoke you to fight, and then in the name of the military generals, he will squeeze you out of the country. In the end, let you, the generals, completely continue to be vassals of the civil ministers. ”

Hearing Zhu Youdong's words, the few people kneeling together were suddenly shocked. No one thought that the kind-looking He Qi could have such a vicious mind.

Zhu Youdong wanted to punish his subordinate generals Liwei, and Hou Tianci had already given the four of them to come out as role models, so there was no need to kill Wang Xing and others. Otherwise, Zhu Youdong would not be willing to rap with them here.

Killing people is to win the hearts of the generals under them, and to establish authority. With the example of Hou Tianci and these people, I believe that these generals are already in awe of Zhu Youdong now. For Zhu Youdong's royal power, it is also a consolidation. On the Wenchen side, there is a matter of He Qi and others, and the others will also settle down for a while.

The confiscation of the military power of Kui Dong and others also paved the way for the arrival of King Jin. As long as they wait for the King of Jin and they arrive, they will smoothly reorganize the army of the King of Jin. The Restoration Army is still controlled by Zhu Youdong alone, and no one can shake the loyalty of the Restoration Army.

So Zhu Youdong planned to let go of Wang Xing and the others, and saw that they looked dazed. Zhu Youdong said hatefully: "If you don't have that brain, you still want to learn to fight the party, you are simply looking for death." Do you know the consequences of the generals forming a party? Are you trying to betray the Ming Dynasty? ”

After venting just now, Zhu Youdong had calmed down at this time, and said: "Do you know, as long as you form a party, He Qi and they will say that your generals are colluding and want to betray the Ming Dynasty." The formation of a party by military generals involves military power and a matter that shakes the foundation of the country. ”

Zhu Youdong looked at a few people: "At that time, it doesn't matter if you want to betray Daming or not." The civilian officials all had a reason, and in order to prevent the betrayal of the generals, they demanded that the army be sent a prison army, and the civilian officials were the ready-made prison guards. When the time comes, you will be different and you will become vassals of civil officials. Think about it with your brains. ”

It's not that Zhu Youdong thinks that the army doesn't need supervision, but that the army can be said to be a time bomb for the state since ancient times. If it is used well, it is a sharp weapon of the state, and if it is not handled well, it will bring disaster to the country. So all dynasties and generations are looking for ways to place the army.

During the Han Dynasty, the central and local princes were in control, and as a result, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion occurred. Later, it was taken back to the central government, but after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the local government began to control the army, which led to the division of feudal towns. The Tang Dynasty also made the place bigger, and then died in the feudal town.

After the Song Dynasty, the imperial court directly used military generals to command the troops, and then the imperial court sent a supervising army to guard it. Historically, there have been three kinds of military supervisors, one is the emperor's relatives and relatives. They and the emperor were nominally family, and they were relatively loyal. But this is also easy to cause relatives to sit big and then dictatorship.

The second type is eunuchs, and there were a large number of eunuchs in the early and middle Ming Dynasty. The eunuchs were loyal, but their own flaws also made the army a miasma, and they had no combat effectiveness at all.

The third chapter is the civilian officials, the civilian officials supervise the army, so as to avoid ignoring the party struggle of the civilian officials, so that after the army is still involved, there will be no heart to engage in armaments, not to mention that the corruption of civilian officials does not have to be much stronger than the eunuchs. The supervisors and commanders of the late Ming Dynasty were basically civil servants, but the combat power of the army was still nothing.

But now Zhu Youdong has arranged a deputy position in the army, that is, the work of the political commissar of later generations. By constantly brainwashing the soldiers, the soldiers are directly loyal to Zhu Youdong, so the army does not need to supervise the army in the near future. This directly excluded the Wenchen from the army, and there was no possibility of letting the Wenchen participate in the military at all. This is why Hodge is so anxious and wants to provoke party strife, he is actually to enter the army.

Only then did everyone react, including Ma Bao, who understood He Qi's vicious intentions. Li Rubi said: "Master Hou, we know that we are wrong, we will not listen to these things in the future, just concentrate on fighting a good battle." ”

Ma Bao and others also said that they also mistakenly believed He Qi's rhetoric, and promised to be a good boy who fought well in the future. Wang Xing scolded even more in his heart: "Damn, one by one is active now, why didn't you speak just now." ”

Yang Mingyu roared in his heart: "You still want to be shameless, this is the way I came up with it, I haven't said anything yet." However, I couldn't exert my strength in my legs, so I had to follow everyone in my mouth.

Zhu Youdong said: "It's too late, now that I know it's wrong, I have to accept the punishment as well." When everyone heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, as long as it was not a head-killing, any punishment would be better.

But as soon as Zhu Youdong's words came out, everyone couldn't laugh. Zhu Youdong said: "Ma Bao, I originally wanted you to go to Long'an Mansion to form a cavalry, but now it seems that you are not suitable." When Ma Bao heard such a good opportunity, he roared in his heart: "It's suitable, this is just right, I'm from a cavalry." ”

But Ma Bao could only shout in his heart, and now he didn't dare to say it directly to Zhu Youdong. Zhu Youdong continued: "You hand over the cavalry in your hand, hand it over to Wang Qing to lead, and let Hu Guozhu go to Long'an Mansion instead of you,"

Ma Bao suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, what about me?" Where do I go? Zhu Youdong said: "You don't have to go there, just stay in Chongqing Mansion." And the title of the duke of the country, don't talk about it in the future. Ma Bao suddenly howled in his heart: "It's over, the army has been collected, and the title has been abolished." "But you still have to accept it willingly, Zhu Youdong's punishment,

Ignoring Ma Bao, who was like a mourning examiner, Zhu Youdong continued: "Xia Guoxiang's cavalry is also handed over and goes home to recuperate. Wang Xing, Li Rubi, Hu Yiqing, Wang Liucang and others, all go home to recuperate. ”

When everyone heard this, they all immediately fell into the deflated ball and immediately collapsed on the ground. was instigated by Hodge, originally wanted to form an alliance and then keep his position and official position. Now they have been stripped naked by Zhu Youdong. Zhao Shichao on the side said: "Master Hou, they are all generals in the army, if they all recuperate in Chongqing, what will happen to the army?" ”

Hearing this, everyone seemed to see the dawn, and they all looked at Zhu Youdong longingly. But what disappointed them was that Zhu Youdong said: "Ninth Army, let Lin Kejia be the commander." Li Rubi's Thirteenth Army asked Sun Bin to serve as the commander. ”

Zhao Shichao said: "Sun Bin was only a thousand households in Baoning before, and now let him lead an army, I'm afraid there will be chaos." When Li Rubi on the side heard this, she immediately said: "Yes, Master Hou, now that the army is in Yunnan, if there is any chaos, it will affect the deployment of Yunnan." Hou Ye, I promise never to listen to those gossips again, I must be loyal to Hou Ye, if I Li Rubi make such a mistake again, I will die without a place to be buried. ”

Although Li Rubi swore that she would be loyal to Zhu Youdong, Zhu Youdong still ignored it. said to Zhao Shichao: "Just let Sun Bin go, isn't Hu Yiqing coming back too?" Let Jiang Shangying go to be the chief soldier of the guard and assist Sun Bin. ”

Zhu Youdong paused for a moment and said, "In addition, Wang Liucang will also stay in Chongqing for the time being, let Ding Yunfu go." Tell Li Tingming that if he is found to be involved in political affairs again, he will let his head remind others next time. ”

Regarding Zhu Youdong's punishment and transfer, Zhao Shichao understands. This is that Zhu Youdong is expanding the influence of the Boryeong generals. The armies that were previously under the command of the general of Boryeong were only the first, second, third, fifth and seventh armies. Now although the second army has been handed over to Li Laiheng, the army has always been led by Cheng Deyi, so it is still the army of the Boryeong department.