Seeing that the rain in the sky had a tendency to increase, Tianqi stood up and gently pulled up the queen, then walked to the door and hugged her: "It's strange to say, according to the rules of the imperial court, Feng Siqin and Wei Xiaolan, one is a businessman's family, and the other is a traitor, and they can't enter the palace after that, why did they not only enter the palace but also came to me, queen, do you say this is the will of heaven?" ”

The queen held Tianqi's hand and said softly: "There are exceptions to all rules, and the concubines feel that it is the will of heaven that everyone can be together." ”

When the apocalypse was talking to the queen, the rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, at first it was a drizzle, then it became a dense rain, and then the rain converged to form a large drop of rain dragging its tail, and it fell like tears of a sad person for no reason.

Apocalypse sighed at this time: "I think we can still stand here and speak, our ancestors can only endure when they encounter such weather, they can only hide in the tree and cover their faces with their hands, and let the rain slide down their heads until the rain stops." ”

The queen was surprised: "Is the emperor talking about the Taizu of this dynasty?" Even when Taizu was poor, there was a house to shelter from the wind and rain? ”

Tianqi looked at the queen and said with a smile: "No, I am talking about a long, long time ago, when the grandfathers of the three emperors and five emperors had not yet given birth, and people had no houses to live in, no clothes to wear, and no crops on the land. ”

When the queen heard this, she was even more surprised and asked, "Isn't that a wild man?" Where did the emperor know this? ”

At this moment, I saw a group of people holding umbrellas and trotting in, and when they entered the gate, they hurriedly hid under the porch and went around the corridors on both sides, it turned out that Feng Siqin and Wei Xiaolan came over, and Tianqi saw that their bodies and hair were a little wet, although they were not drenched, they could not be underestimated, because the current medical conditions were poor, and a severe cold would kill them, so they asked them to dry their hair and change their clothes.

After a while, the two sat down, and Apocalypse called them over and asked, "Why don't you wait for the rain to light up after such a heavy rain?" Siqin's body is weak and not cold by the rain, right? ”

Feng Siqin said: "Thank you for caring about the concubines, I heard you talking at the door, I don't know what the emperor and the queen are talking about?" ”

The queen said: "The emperor is talking to the palace about the ancients, sit down and listen." ”

Feng Siqin smiled: "Okay, the concubine likes to listen to stories the most." After speaking, he looked at the apocalypse with a smile with Wei Xiaolan.

Apocalypse said: "The story I started to tell is not interesting, but it is said that people in ancient times were very miserable, they had no house to live in, no food and clothing, and they faced attacks from wild beasts at any time, even the current dogs and cows are not as good, but they are all strong and survived, and they have worked hard from generation to generation to have the happy life we have now." ”

Wei Xiaolan asked, "Is what the emperor said true?" ”

Apocalypse said: "Yes, for example, if our ancestors encountered a rain like today, the ground could rise at any time, so they had to squat on the tree and cover their faces with their hands until the rain stopped, and the rain fell from their heads down their arms and finally fell from their elbows to the ground, and even the hairs on their arms changed the direction of growth over time. If you don't believe it, look at your own hands, the hair on everyone's arms grows along the wrist and the two ends of the hand to the middle elbow, which is why for thousands of years I have covered my face with my hand whenever it rains. ”

In late March, the clothes were not thick, Wei Xiaolan didn't believe the words of the apocalypse and rolled up her sleeves to let Feng Siqin see if it was true, Feng Siqin exclaimed when she saw it: "It's really like this, the hairs on people's arms grow from both ends to the middle, the emperor is really powerful." ”

Apocalypse smiled and said: "I don't want to show anything in front of you so that you think I am very powerful, what I want to say is that we now have to learn from the indomitable will of our ancestors, think about the difficulties encountered by our ancestors, all our difficulties now are really nothing." ”

Feng Siqin smiled and said: "The concubine knows that the emperor's words are well-intentioned, and she is explaining the two of us, and the concubine thank you first, but since the emperor said that the current difficulties are nothing, why is he still sad for a while?" ”

Apocalypse said, "Although I have said that, I must also try to do what I need to do well, learn from my ancestors, and let our descendants live better than we do now." ”

Feng Siqin asked: "Last month, the emperor met someone who played against the emperor's implementation of the new policy and solved the matter?" ”

Tianqi sighed and said: "On the surface, it is solved, but I feel that it is not a matter to treat generals as thieves to prevent them, first, it is easy to make generals feel untrusted and cold their hearts, and second, there is no reason to prevent thieves all year round." It's like dealing with Nurhachi, you are always on guard against him, he is always coming to make trouble with you, and I have been thinking about whether I can take the initiative to make his old man tired and have no time to harass us. It's the same when dealing with his generals, you always guard against him, maybe he will really have two hearts when he can't defend himself, and he should also have an idea of taking the initiative to attack them, of course, this attack is to attack the heart. ”

The queen smiled at this time: "The more you listen to it, the more complicated it becomes, how is the emperor going to attack other people's hearts?" ”

Apocalypse said, "Isn't this just trying to find a way? By the way, Xiaolan, when you were a child, how did your grandfather's family treat his soldiers? ”

Wei Xiaolan said with a smile: "The concubine was still young at that time and didn't know anything, but I remember that the little soldiers sometimes had to be beaten, as if once I saw a person who was broken by the leader and bled a lot, and my grandfather often killed live chickens with his subordinates and drank chicken blood wine." ”

Apocalypse said: "Well, everything in this world is similar, sometimes the boss has to bully his subordinates, and sometimes he needs to win people's hearts. After sighing, he gave a general explanation of the opinions of the ministers of the DPRK and China, saying that there is no better way for the time being.

At this time, Feng Siqin's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the concubine has thought of a solution, although it is not a foolproof strategy, but it is definitely more useful than the method of those scholars in the court." ”

Apocalypse said: "Do you want to say that when the generals lead their troops to fight, they lock up their wives and children when they walk on the front foot and the back foot?" This method has been used in ancient times, but it has not had much effect at critical moments. ”

Feng Siqin said: "No, the concubine was inspired by Sister Xiaolan's words. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "Are you telling me to drink chicken blood wine with my generals at any time?" No, this Ming army is millions, even if you only drink with more than 100 officers, you have to drink tens of thousands of bowls for a hundred households, and I don't have that amount of alcohol at that time. ”

Feng Siqin said: "Your Majesty, please listen to the concubines, the emperor just said that the Ming Dynasty has millions of troops and the officers are tens of thousands at most, if you can find a way to make all the soldiers listen to the emperor at all times, the generals have two hearts and no one will help them." ”

After listening to Feng Siqin's words, the first thought of the apocalypse was the word "brainwashing", this Feng Siqin's words make sense, if the soldiers will firmly listen to their own words no matter what the circumstances, then the officers are just a part-time worker, but how can they successfully brainwash the soldiers? Do you need to get them to believe in something? Thinking of this, the apocalypse asked Feng Siqin: "Do you have any way to make the soldiers listen to me unconditionally?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "That Liu Zongzhou said that it was right to let the supervising army personally supervise the generals, but he didn't say what a supervising army should do, the soldiers in the army all unconditionally listened to the words of the leading generals, and if a general had two hearts, he would first pull the supervising army out and cut the sacrificial flag." At first, Sister Xiaolan said that the generals in the army often bully the soldiers, and if the overseers appear as the protectors of the soldiers in peacetime, then he can get the support of the soldiers, and slowly he will have a certain prestige, and the superintendents will have prestige and the generals will not dare to make any moves. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "The generals in the army only give orders, and the ones who really have a direct connection with ordinary soldiers are middle and lower-level officers. ”

Feng Xiaolan nodded and said: "Yes, at least every hundred households must have a prison army sent by the imperial court, and the task of these prison guards is to care about the lives of ordinary soldiers and make the soldiers trust him, because they are sent by the emperor, so slowly the soldiers will be more loyal to the emperor." Once on the battlefield, the task of the supervising army is to see whether the person leading the army is acting in accordance with the orders of the imperial court, of course, if there are special circumstances that need to make some changes, according to what Liu Zongzhou said, the general and the supervising army must sign the order together to be effective. ”