Therefore, when these generals in the Wenhua Hall heard this, they were all overjoyed. It turned out that the emperor called them to the Wenhua Hall to discuss matters, but in fact, he was talking about this matter, right?

For military generals, it is really too difficult and difficult to get a knighthood. Many emperors, in their lifetime, will not give a title to a military general at all. Now this Chongzhen Dynasty is finally going to be opened!

Thinking so, these generals invariably hugged their fists and thanked them.

This made the civil officials on the side a little envious. These martial artists, who fight with the emperor every day, have finally achieved positive results!

They were thinking about it, when they suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen turn his head and say to the military department: "The Ming Dynasty can have this Zhongxing situation, all of which are bloodied by the soldiers. I did not skimp on their rewards. At the end of this year, after I worship the Taimiao, I will be knighted as a reward. Qing has also sorted out the contents of my previous rewards and made them public, so that my people can see that I am not a stingy emperor! ”

He said this a little heavily, directly linked to his reputation, and no matter how much the military department Shangshu did, he didn't dare to object, so he hurriedly responded.

For the rewards of ordinary soldiers, they can be divided into two types. One is the promotion of military merits, and the other is the exchange of rewards for military merits, such as silver, grain fields, and so on.

For most ordinary soldiers, they choose military merit for silver, or grain fields. For example, Man Gui, who had already died in battle, was like this, so that he slowly rose to the post of chief soldier after a long time. There is also Huang Degong, who also likes to exchange military merits for silver, he can be a general soldier, but he also loses his reputation, and he has to form a brave guard battalion before he is promoted. However, this kind of promotion by skipping ranks is not a common practice in the military.

As a result, for exchanging military merits for silver, it will feel as if there is no change in these meritorious soldiers. However, on the side of the Ministry of War, if the rewards of the past few years were summarized and announced, it would be very shocking.

Even if a soldier gambled on the bounty and turned out to have nothing, but in the account books of the military department, how many military exploits he made in exchange for how much bounty he received have been recorded.

These courtiers in the Wenhua Hall didn't think much about Emperor Chongzhen's request. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen had very big intentions.

The reason why he wants to be knighted at this time, and to announce the rewards of the Ming soldiers in the past, in addition to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen is a special year, there is another very big reason, which is to let the people of the Ming Dynasty realize: Wow, it turns out that being a soldier can also have such great benefits!

The implementation of the national military service system in the northwest is a special case; Now, on the Liaodong side, Hong Chengchou has also begun to implement the national military service system. Sooner or later, this matter will spread in the Guannei, and then some people will guess that the emperor probably wants to implement the national military service system in the entire Ming Dynasty.

If there is no benefit to being a soldier and it is not enviable, then the implementation of the all-people military service system will meet with great resistance. But now, after Emperor Chongzhen let them all see the benefits of being a soldier, this resistance will be much less. After all, the silver of white flowers and a large number of grain fields are all very real things, not to mention, there is also a title, and Emperor Chongzhen will not be stingy. These are very tempting.

I believe that there will be a lot of readers, and it is estimated that they will also put pen to paper when the time comes.

Only in this way will slowly, the situation of civility, nobility and military lightness be reversed.

In this era, don't be afraid that if there is no war, there will be no military merits. In this era, there are battles to be fought!

On the whole, the atmosphere of the first big court meeting after the emperor's return to Beijing was still very harmonious and happy.

After Emperor Chongzhen set the basic tone, as for the specific details, the courtiers below began to discuss. Including sending envoys to the Oirat Mongols and Khalkha Mongols, what requirements to give, etc., were all decided after consultation. It is also a matter to discuss how to send the governors of the three sides and the governors of Xuanda to the governors of the three sides, and ask how to relocate the people of Qin and Jin who were affected by the disaster to the Hetao area.

By the time they had almost finished their discussion, it was nearly dusk.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he issued an order to disperse the dynasty. Before leaving, he smiled at the ministers below and said, "Tomorrow, I will personally give a lecture to the prince, and you might as well come and listen." ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned again. The emperor himself gave a lecture?

What to talk about? Is it the way to govern the country, which requires civil and military ministers to observe?

Is it to lead the army to fight? If so, then this should be the military general's listening, right?

If you don't understand it, you're curious. Don't say that the emperor has been invited, but if he hasn't been invited, it is estimated that the qualified ministers may open their mouths to observe.

After the government was dispersed, they found out that the emperor's lecture was not a temporary idea at all, but had been decided before the Wenhua Palace, and the news also spread.

Give a lecture to the prince, and those who accompany the prince will naturally participate. Even the parents of the prince's companion, Emperor Chongzhen invited. For example, Zheng Zhilong, who was "dismissed", was also invited when he was in Beijing.

Although it was evening, the emperor's lecture to the prince suddenly became the focus of attention in the city. Everyone was curious, why did the emperor invite so many people to listen to the lecture for the crown prince? What does the emperor want to say?

Under this curiosity, as soon as the next day dawned, the teahouse and restaurant in Jingshi were very lively.

The people of Beijing are all gathered in these places, and there are many people to talk interestingly, isn't it! They were chatting about this matter, waiting for news from the palace to see if they had guessed the content?

This must also be due to today's living standards, otherwise, how can there be such leisure, it is too late to be busy living!

All the invited prefectures wore dresses that represented their status, solemnly packed up early in the morning, and rushed to wait outside the palace gate. Among them, Zheng Zhilong is naturally indispensable.

He chatted with Emperor Chongzhen a few times, and was often shocked by Emperor Chongzhen's sudden thoughts. Just like the other side of the ocean, there must be the banner of the Ming Dynasty, which emperor would have had this kind of thinking before? Including other people, even himself, the pirate king, did not have such ambitions, but Emperor Chongzhen already had such an idea when he was still strong at that time!

Therefore, it can be said that Zheng Zhilong is more curious than anyone else. Because he knew that since Emperor Chongzhen gave such a grand lecture to the crown prince, it would definitely not be the Four Books and Five Classics, the Emperor's Art and the like, but something that would shock everyone!

I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't think of anything. Zheng Zhilong turned his head to look at his son beside him, who was now twenty years old, almost tall, and looked dignified. Among all the prince's companions, he is a good one. Zheng Zhilong is pleased with this.

However, he also realized that his son didn't seem to have much interest in what Chen Zilong of the Agricultural Division and Song Yingxing of the Kaiwu Division said.

Zheng Zhilong was a little dissatisfied with this. That's something that the emperor attaches importance to, you have to learn it well, otherwise, what if the emperor knows about it and doesn't like you anymore? This young man is just more willful!

Anyway, he was still waiting to enter the palace, so Zheng Zhilong began to vaguely mention his son.

Zheng Chenggong was very smart, and he knew what his father was talking about as soon as he heard it, so he said with a little resistance: "Dad, the child feels that those things are useless!" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but glare: "It's useless, why did the emperor let the two henchmen teach the prince?" Think about it with your brain, is this thing useful or not? ”

In his opinion, in fact, it is not at all whether the content taught is useful or not, but that the emperor cares about this matter, that is, no matter how useless it is, it will become useful! In other words, I don't care about the content, but I care about pleasing the emperor, that's the point!

However, it is obvious that Zheng Chenggong is not as old as his father, and after hearing his father's words, he straightened his neck and defended: "It's not just the child who thinks so, the prince also thinks so, he said it to the child himself." When I was teaching, I was a little resistant. ”

"......" Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but be stunned. Suddenly, he kind of understood why the emperor was so anxious to teach in person when he returned to Beijing, and let so many people listen to it on such a large scale, maybe it had something to do with the prince's attitude.

Think about it, other people, does the emperor need to care? Only the crown prince is concerned, the emperor must be highly concerned. From this point of view, the emperor is teaching in person today, and it is likely that he will train the prince, and let the prince accompany him, as well as the parents of the prince's accompaniment, to give a warning. Don't be like the prince, once the prince has such signs, he must advise the prince.

Thinking like this, Zheng Zhilong felt that he had understood the intention of Emperor Chongzhen's personal teaching, so he sank his face, lectured Zheng Chenggong a few words, and then reminded him earnestly that although the prince was the future emperor, he was still only the prince after all. Today's emperor is wise and martial, and his body has always been healthy, so the first thing to do is to satisfy the current emperor.

For example, if others have resistance to this matter, it will be the same as the prince. Why don't you advise the prince one or two, even if you have this intention, in this way, the emperor will inevitably continue to be impressed by you when he hears it.

After saying a lot, Zheng Zhilong sighed and said, "You can become the prince's companion, the Zheng family has paid a great price." Although the emperor will rely on his father in the future, you can't be a dou who can't be supported, your father doesn't want it, your father is protecting you all your life! ”

In his opinion, it was he who clearly obeyed Emperor Chongzhen's dispatch, agreed to Emperor Chongzhen to lead the fleet north, and also gave half of the protection silver received every year to the imperial court, and kept buying Nanyang grain for the imperial court, etc., as one of the returns, Emperor Chongzhen valued his son so much, not only gave his son a name, but also let his son become the prince's companion and so on.

Admittedly, there are these reasons. However, Zheng Chenggong's original historical contributions are actually due to a considerable part of the reason. Otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen would not have renamed Zheng Sen Zheng Chenggong.

Hearing him teach him like this, Zheng Chenggong's face suddenly turned red. As long as he is ambitious, who wants to be said to be a dou who can't be helped?

At this time, he secretly swore in his heart that he must show his father whether he will rely on his father or his own ability in the future!

After waiting for a while, at last an attendant came to give a message and let them all in.

The location remains the same, it is still in the East Palace. However, there were many people who came, and the temple was not big enough, so the chamberlain led them and stood in front of the temple.

At this time, it is almost the New Year. There was no wind, but it was still cold. Ordinary people don't want to stay in the open air.

Fortunately, these people are either rich or expensive, they are all well dressed, but they don't feel how cold they are, and the winter has risen, so they can give some warmth.

What made them a little strange was that in the middle of the courtyard outside the hall, there was a large general cannon, a Franc machine cannon, a teapot, a Kong Ming lantern, a bamboo dragonfly, and so on.

From militaristic heavy weapons to toys, there are all of them. By the way, do you want to make a pot of tea for everyone to drink?

Everyone looked at these and wondered, what kind of dragon gate array is the emperor?

Not long after they arrived, Emperor Chongzhen led the crown prince to arrive. Chen Zilong, the Agricultural Division, and Song Yingxing, the two most valued favored ministers of the emperor, are also with him.

Emperor Chongzhen sat down in front of the hall, and after the ministers finished the salute, the lecture began.

Chen Zilong and Song Yingxing stood on the left and right sides of Emperor Chongzhen respectively, and the prince stood in front of him, and behind the prince was a large number of princes accompanying him. As for the other important ministers of the imperial court, the parents of the prince's accompaniment all stood on both sides. After all, today's protagonists are the prince and the prince's accompaniment.

Everyone looked at the emperor with curiosity, wanting to hear what the emperor was going to say?

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen had a serious face, he said to the prince: "I heard that farming and the art of opening things are all small ways, and what the prince has learned should not be this, so he has already resisted." ”

At the very beginning, whether it was farming or the art of opening things, the young prince and others were very interested. It is interesting to hear about the growth and changes of plants and to distinguish between different plants. In particular, the art of opening things, after the glass came out, the experimental course also made them very interested.

However, as they get older, there are certain beliefs that inevitably affect them. I think the prince should pay more attention to the Four Books and Five Classics, the Book of Sages, and learn the way of the emperor, such as farming and the art of opening things, these are all small ways, and it is useless to learn.

For Chen Zilong and Song Yingxing, they can't make the lecture lively and lively, at most, they are reading from the script, and have more of their own understanding. These things feel fresh at first, but later on, they become boring. This point is that many people in later generations want to sleep when they hear mathematics, physics and chemistry, which can also prove one or two.

Therefore, what the empress told Emperor Chongzhen was that these students, led by the crown prince, began to resist the teachings of Chen Zilong and Song Yingxing. She knew that even if she didn't say it, the emperor cared about this, and he would definitely know it when he turned around, so when Emperor Chongzhen asked, he said it as soon as he asked.

And what Emperor Chongzhen wants to do now is not only to give the crown prince, but also to the important ministers of the court and everyone else, to have a good lesson!