Yun Xi instructed the Ministry of Rites Shangshu: "Zheng Qing, immediately let the Ministry of Rites make the national flag, I want to see the Ming national flag hanging on the flagpole in front of the palace and all the yamen in the capital." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi agreed with the mentality of playing with the second middle school youth. The ministers who were basically in their forties had also seen some young people in their twenties who wanted to do strange things, and they regarded Yun Xi as such a person.

Yun Xi didn't wonder what these middle-aged uncles were thinking, and then said: "Third, a few days ago, the guards around me came up with a song, I want you Aiqing to listen to it, whether my Ming soldiers will like it." ”

With that, he motioned to one of the guards beside him. The guard took a few steps forward, saluted Yun Xi and the officials present, and then sang: "

The wolf smoke rises and the country looks north

The dragon curled the horse, and the sword qi was like frost

The heart is like the Yellow River

Who can fight in fifteen years

Hatred is mad and the knife is headed

How many siblings are buried in their bones

What a pity to die to repay the family and country

I sighed and was even more speechless, full of blood and tears

The horseshoe goes south and people look north

People look north at the grass and yellow dust

I am willing to defend the territory and reopen the territory

Dignified China wants to give way to the Quartet

Congratulations"

The song that Yun Xi came up with is, of course, "Loyal to the Country" by the later Ming Dynasty. This song is very main theme, very high-spirited, and there are no lyrics that are beyond the times, Yun Xi thought about it on the evening of the 11th, and revised the "twenty years" to "fifteen years" to refer to Zhu Yuanzhang who participated in the uprising for fifteen years and became the emperor, so he took it out.

The guard selected by Yun Xi has a very good voice, comparable to the original singer Tu Honggang, although he has heard him sing it a few times, Yun Xi still likes it very much, and almost indulges in it.

Fortunately, he got rid of it right away. Yun Xi listened as he looked at the expressions of the officials in front of him.

However, the group of people in front of them are worthy of being people who are about to cultivate to perfection, all the civil officials and some generals have no expressions, but a few generals like it quite a bit, and they hummed while listening.

Yun Xi's heart was half relieved when he saw this. At least someone likes this song, and they haven't worked in vain.

After the song was sung, Yun Xi asked, "What do you think of this song?" ”

"Good! Very good! Guo Zhen was the first to say: "Your Majesty, this song is very high-spirited, and the minister can't listen to it himself." Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the name of this song? ”

"Loyal to the country, I named it Loyal to the country." Yun Xi said.

"Loyal to the country?" Guo Zhen said again: "Good name!" Your Majesty has a good name. ”

"Haha!" Yun Xi smiled and said, "Guo Qing, you still don't praise me like this, I can't afford it." ”

"The minister is just telling the truth." Guo Zhen said again.

Yoon-hee continued to laugh. He didn't know whether Guo Zhen was telling the truth or a lie, anyway, Guo Zhen had always shown no city government in front of him, and there was still no city government when he was almost forty years old, and he didn't know if it was pretending to be true or not. But no matter what, Guo Zhen's sycophant is very comfortable, and he thinks that Guo Zhen is telling the truth.

After a while, Yun Xi stopped laughing and said to Chen Xingshan and the others: "Chen Qing, Zheng Qing, Xie Qing, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the song is very high-spirited, but the lyrics are neither words nor songs, let alone poems, and this rhyme listens very strange." Chen Xingshan said.

Chen Xingshan is a literati in the end, most of the elegant songs of this era are words, and there are many songs that were popular in the Yuan Dynasty, but both the words and the Yuan songs are very different from the rhythm of this song, and he can't accept it.

This is also expected by Yoon-hee. It was difficult for the literati to accept new things, and the word could not be elegantly displayed in the Tang Dynasty, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that it became popular; Written during the Tang and Song dynasties was also despised, and by the time of the Manchu Dynasty, didn't it become the main art form? Although it is still not popular with the mainstream.

Yun Xi turned to ask the military general who had no expression just now, "What do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, this song is high-spirited and expresses allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, which is very good. However, the minister thought that it did not mention how to reward meritorious soldiers, which was a shortcoming. Your Majesty, aren't the soldiers fighting hard just trying to seal their wives and sons? This song does not mention this, and the current military song does mention this, which I think is more motivating for the soldiers. So it's okay for the soldiers to sing it, but it's not feasible to replace the current military song. Lan Zhen said.

"Really?" Yun Xi said. Sure enough, a nationalist country is different from a country in the feudal era, and it is not easy to fool the people into going to the front line to die for the country without compensation. In fact, until the era of nationalist countries, the people of the Chinese civilization countries in the East, the people of China, Vietnam and North Korea were not too easy to fool, and the people would only work hard to get real benefits; On the contrary, Westerners, whether Europeans or cannibals, are too easy to fool, and the rulers can make ordinary people die for them under the banner of nothingness.

Yun Xi said: "Since this is the case, it will be one of the songs sung by the soldiers on weekdays, and it will not be replaced by military songs." Anyway, the lyrics of this song are not long, and they are easy to understand, and it will not cost the soldiers much trouble. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lan Zhen and the other governors of the five armies said.

"In that case, I don't have any other orders, except for Chen Xingshan, everyone else should step down." Yun Xi said.

The others hurriedly put on their hats and bowed and retreated, but no one wondered why Yun Xi left Chen Xingshan alone.

In fact, it is generally believed that the person Yun Xi trusts the most is Chen Xingshan, not others. Chen Xingshan also served as the official position of the military department and the governor's office of the five armies at the same time, and he had a part of the power of military politics and military orders, and he had not moved for more than three years, and only the emperor's most trusted person would get such an appointment. Therefore, it is not surprising that Yun Xi has something to tell him alone.

However, Yun Xi didn't tell him anything immediately, but took out a gold collar and said to him: "Aiqing's third son is a full moon today, and I will give this reward to Aiqing's eldest son." ”

"Your Majesty, the son of the minister can't stand it. His Majesty had already rewarded him when he was born, so how could he be rewarded by His Majesty after the full moon? Chen Xingshan excused himself.

"Why not? Birth is birth, and a full moon is a full moon, how can it be generalized? ”

"But it's really not appropriate for me to shove it directly into your hands." Yun Xi shouted, "Wang Xi." ”

"Your Majesty." Wang Xi immediately appeared in front of Yun Xi.

"Send someone to send this gold collar to the Chen Judge's Mansion." Yun Xi commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi stepped forward to take the collar from Yun Xi's hand and walked out of the palace.

"This, Your Majesty, thank Your Majesty for the reward." Chen Xingshan said helplessly. His wife would never dare to refuse the emperor's reward, and when he arrived home, he would never be able to go back, so he could only thank him.