"Isn't that the case, if it weren't for Your Majesty's efforts to turn the tide and save you, I'm afraid that tens of millions of people in the world are still being bullied by that Tartar."

"In a word. Without Your Majesty, there would be no Ming today, and my Han people are bound to be slaves of the Tartars again. This glass of wine should be a courtesy to His Majesty. ”

For a time, this palace was full of compliments from everyone. In the face of such compliments and sycophants, Zhu Mingzhong just smiled slightly, for the monarch, he must give others the opportunity to pat on the back, which is also the way of the king, and he does not mind "highlighting" his contribution to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that everyone raised their glasses in return, Zhu Mingzhong smiled slightly, and then raised his glass and said.

"There, I was just one person back then, and Daming was able to prosper completely because of your help. I'd better let me do it first. ”

Zhu Mingzhong said that he drank all the spirits in the cup in one gulp. When the ministers saw this, they also drank the wine in the cup, and said with a smile.

"This banquet for you, firstly, you and I have not gathered like today for many days, as for this, it is because the imperial court will use troops in Annan soon, I want to use you to tell the people of the world that only the officers and soldiers are brave, and I will never hesitate to reward!"

I will not spare the reward!

This is the fundamental intention of Zhu Mingzhong to invite them, he just wants to show the world through this banquet - there may be Yan Ruyu and a golden house in the book, but Yu Daming, if he wants to be a marquis, it is only possible by virtue of military merits.

"Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures. Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis! ”

The gentle autumn breeze came to his face, and the second after the banquet, Zhu Mingzhong, who woke up from a hangover, was still a little drunk, and he had even forgotten how he used this poem in the palace to tell everyone how the lords of the Ming Dynasty were obtained, and even swore to high-five the nobles of the Ming Dynasty as an oath - no marquis for non-military merits.

The emperor made a promise, and the export became a constitution!

And this also means that from now on, if you want to become a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, there is only one possibility, that is, through military exploits, and there is no other way to do so.

Enduring the pain of hangover, Zhu Mingzhong still came to the imperial study, and when he was drinking strong tea and trying to relieve the pain of hangover, he heard Yan Ermei say on the side.

"Your Majesty, this is not a military achievement, it will really make the ministers of the world feel cold, and in the eyes of the ministers, this statement should never be spread outside."

Yan Erme, of course, is not complaining, but only telling a fact. After all, Wenchen also has the dream of being a prince, so he hopes that this sentence will not become the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

"Chilling?"

Rubbing his temples, Zhu Mingzhong frowned and said.

"Wenchen didn't have no marquis, Longwu and Yongli dynasties, how many princes and uncles were sealed? Among them, there are many Wenchen, even now, after my Ming Dynasty attacked the Wenchen, how many are there? ”

At the end of Chongzhen, the imperial court sealed a lot of titles, and to the Hongguang, Longwu, Yongli three dynasties, the imperial court can only rely on a piece of holy decree to buy people's hearts, those who have both military generals and civil ministers, it can be said that it is very flooded, although many of them have descended to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so that Zhu Ming Zhongming went to their titles, but there are still many loyal people who gave their lives for the Ming Dynasty, and they can not but give praise, and allow their descendants to attack the title. Not to mention these three dynasties, even the King of Lu was knighted, and Zhu Mingzhong also recognized it.

"Even like the title of Duke Xingguo, I deliberately allowed his foreign sect to take the throne, so as not to lose the heir."

Zhu Mingzhong mentioned that it was the "Duke of Xingguo" who was Wang Zhiren, and he was canonized by King Lu of the Prison State. When King Lu was defeated, he sent people to scuttle the big ship on which nearly 100 members of his family were riding on the sea, drowned and died of martyrdom. Then, he took himself on a large ship with a bright flag, wearing a Ming Dynasty official uniform, and swaggered towards Songjiang. The reason why this is so is not to surrender, in Hong Chengchou persuaded him to surrender, and asked Wang Zhiren to shave his hair and surrender. And Wang Zhiren eloquently explained the reason why he came.

"I am a noble official of the former dynasty, and the country should be martyred, I am afraid of dying in the waves, and future generations will think that I am fleeing and hiding. Now, I have thrown myself into a snare and just want to die to understand! ”

Before the execution, Wang Zhiren also looked calm, and preached to the people who watched the punishment left and right.

"Seeing people alive, seeing corpses when dead, I am worthy of the Ming Dynasty, there is evidence in history, and I will never be a traitor to the country!"

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Kou, there were indeed many loyal ministers who died like the whole family behind closed doors, but there were very few who almost died like Wang Zhiren, so after Zhu Mingzhong ascended to the pole, in order to commend the loyal martyrs, he would order the local government to search for his relatives, and one of the relatives of the quasi-Wang family would attack the seal, so as not to lose his heir.

"The so-called non-military merits are not awarded, this is a must, that is, the civil servants who have been knighted, their heirs want to attack the title in the future, and they must also serve, those nobles who can only dance and make ink, the reason why I take ......"

After drinking a cup of strong tea, Zhu Mingzhong pondered for a moment, and then said.

"The nobles are all ministers who retire with the country, different from ordinary ministers, so fighting for the Ming Dynasty and contributing in times of crisis is not only their duty, but also their obligation, otherwise what is the use of the country to be honorable?"

When mentioning the responsibilities of the nobles, Zhu Mingzhong thought of the materials he had read in another time and space, compared to the descendants of the nobles in Chinese history who fled from war, the nobles of Europe have always had a martial spirit and a chivalric tradition, and it is their blood to fight on horseback. Throughout World War I, one-fifth of British aristocrats and their sons and daughters died on the battlefield, compared to one-eighth of all soldiers (including nobles) who fought in World War I. At that time, the casualty rate of the children of the nobles who participated in the war at Eton College, a famous aristocratic school in Britain, was as high as 45%.

"Your Majesty, the lord is indeed one with the country, sharing honor and disgrace, and he should serve the country. But people are always selfish, if the eldest son of the lord must serve in order to inherit the title, they even have to risk dying in battle to inherit the title, but on the other hand, if the eldest son dies in the army, they can not inherit the title out of thin air? Isn't it an injustice to the firstborn? Moreover, it is inevitable that each family will protect their children from dying in the army, and will secretly follow their own interests to ensure their safety, and this is not contrary to the wishes of His Majesty. ”

Yan Ermei's words were very, very tactful, and even a little vague, but they also told Zhu Mingzhong a fact - there will indeed be people who secretly follow their own interests to protect the safety of their families.

"Tradition, honor!"

Yan Ermei reminded Zhu Mingzhong to think for a moment, and then said.

Therefore, the imperial court will set up a school for the children of the lords, with the aim of educating the children of the lords, so that they will know the traditions and honors of the nobles, and through this indoctrination, they will cultivate in their hearts such qualities as loyalty, bravery, dignity, and honor, of course, this is not an overnight achievement. It takes a succession from generation to generation for it to be possible to internalize this spirit in their bones, to make them ashamed of their evasion of responsibility, and to make them willing to sacrifice for the preservation of honor, including their own lives. ”

It takes at least three generations to cultivate the nobility, and how long does it take to cultivate a group of honorable nobles?

Time, perhaps, not so much time, to cultivate such a group.

Seeing His Majesty contemplating there, Yan Ermei said.

"If that's the case, then it's great, it's just ...... Since it doesn't happen overnight and it takes generations to do it, what about before that? Could it be that in the next hundred years of my Ming Dynasty, the world must be the inheritance of the sky, and there will be no boundless troubles? If there is a border trouble, in case the nobles follow their own interests, just to protect their families, I am afraid that this is not a blessing for the country. ”

Yan Ermei's reminder made Zhu Mingzhong's brows furrow even tighter, and his reminder seemed to tell Zhu Mingzhong that the mistake of leading the troops with honors and honors was ...... Human nature is selfish.

Who can have no son, and who is not a father?

Fathers can naturally give everything for their sons. Naturally, they are willing to fight for their interests.

Suddenly, Zhu Mingzhong thought of another thing, so he asked rhetorically.

"Yan Qing, do you know why the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies opposes the crusade against Annan with the Jin army?"

His Majesty's rhetorical question made Yan Ermei surprised for a while, but as a courtier, he naturally knew the reason for this matter.

"It is because the two governors on the left and right in the governor's mansion do not want to see all the military exploits of the Jin army return to the Jin army, so they hope to send officers and soldiers, which is also to explain to the officers and soldiers in the army, after all, all soldiers are eager for military merits, and driven by interests, they will naturally not sit back and watch the Jin army do their military merits."

Military merit in the Ming Dynasty means land and wealth.

"In that case, then if you talk about military merits, ......"

After pondering for a moment, an idea vaguely emerged in Zhu Mingzhong's mind.

"Driven by direct interests, whether it is a general or a soldier, they are eager to get military merits, because military merits can bring land, you know, in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Guannei land is very rare, almost no people sell land, because it is forbidden to sell official land, prohibit the people from cultivating land, which also leads to the rise in land prices now, but official land will also flow into the market, such as military merit appreciation field, which is now a shortcut to obtain official land, if ......"

Frowning and thinking, Zhu Mingzhong, who was still a little hungover, thought of those lords, and there were also Xuntians with a lot of area.

"Your Majesty, the lords and ministers of the court, are all big households, with thousands of acres of land, more than 10,000 acres, and hundreds of acres of military fields, and many people are bound to be unwilling to risk their son's lives for such hundreds of acres of land."

Yan Ermei's reminder on the side made Zhu Mingzhong think for a moment, and then shook his head and said.

"Don't want to? If there is a good way, then not only will they not object to their sons striving for military merit, but they will also desperately win military merit together with themselves! ”

After a pause, the corners of Zhu Mingzhong's lips raised slightly, and he looked at Yan Ermei and said.

"Human nature is profit-seeking, what did they fight bravely for the enemy back then, they were loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and the rich reward of Khan Marao is not the reason."

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