Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, was not a Qingliu civil official, so although he was also born in the two ranks, he was not disgusted by His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Houzhao's close contact with officers and soldiers from the army.

He was even very pleased that His Majesty the new emperor had the behavior of subduing the army, which in his opinion was the real emperor's behavior.

British Gong Zhang Mao is the top level of the Ming Dynasty, his father Zhang Fu, grandfather Zhang Ying have made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty, and he himself is now a veteran of the Three Dynasties, but he has not been with the emperor for many years to review the army to observe the military situation, and now His Majesty the new Emperor Zhu Houzhao personally distributed Lu Mi to talk to the officers and soldiers in person, so that he has a feeling that the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty is going to be rekindled again.

Zhu Houzhao waited for the officers and soldiers to finish shouting, and then asked loudly again: "Then I ask you again, as soldiers of the empire, is your mission just to receive silver to live?" ”

Zhu Houzhao's question was a bit difficult for the officers and men to answer, because they had never thought about this kind of question and had never thought about what their mission was.

After all, for the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, most of them were born as military households, and then lived on their income.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not have a sense of mission of their own.

Not to mention them, even Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had never thought about what his mission was before this, and even the British Duke Zhang Mao began to ask himself: "What is your mission?" ”

Zhu Houzhao knew that few people in this era thought about their own mission, that is, their own ideals, so he helped these officers and soldiers answer:

"It's not! Your mission is not to live with money, you are soldiers of the Ming Empire, and you are born with the mission of defending your homeland and protecting the people! Men should make contributions on the battlefield, not in the court! If the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty want to live, they should live earth-shattering, do not steal life, do not be reluctant, and do not do nothing! If you want to die, you should not starve to death, freeze to death, or die of disease, but die on the battlefield! Your destination is either the Horse Leather Shroud or the Brocade Prince, this is your glorious mission, tell me, yes and no! ”

The governors and commanders of the battalions standing at the front, and even other officers were all ignited by Emperor Zhu Houzhao's loud question, and they replied loudly one by one:

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

It seems that at this moment, they are no longer lowly military households, no longer vulgar warriors, they are imperial soldiers with a glorious mission, and His Majesty personally told them.

"My sons, you should be the same as the Han Yulin army that broke the Huns, and the same as the Tang Iron Cavalry that swept the Turks, you are the most powerful army in the empire, our ancestors drove out the Tartars, restored China, and unified the rivers and mountains that have not been recovered for three hundred years, our fathers went out of the desert north, and the Hu people did not dare to go south and bow down, we are not lowly military households, we are the most noble soldiers of the empire!

And now, this era also belongs to our era, I am the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and you are also the new soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, I don't want the empire to sink in my hands, lose the prestige of the past, I don't want your family to decline in your hands, lose the courage of the past! ”

As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he raised his fist and shouted loudly: "Long live Daming!" ”

"Long live Daming!"

"Long live Daming!"

"Long live Daming!"

For a while, the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the entire school field didn't know whether it was because Zhu Houzhao was the emperor or because Zhu Houzhao's own words were too burning, which resonated with them, and they immediately shouted along.

Even with the British Gong Zhang Mao also shouted, he is also a descendant of the famous generals of the empire, he has also been exposed to the glory of his ancestors and fathers since he was a child, and now Zhu Houzhao's words seem to be like a fire that has ignited the blood in his heart for a long time.

Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, watched from the side and laughed, he felt that the young emperor in front of him seemed to have the shadow of Taizong at this moment.

Liu Jin and the other Eight Tigers also felt honored and proud, and felt more and more that the emperor they followed was different, and even with them, they felt that they would all become different eunuchs, just like the Three Treasures of the Yongle Dynasty, it seemed that they were going to make brilliant achievements in the future!

However, at this moment, an official of the Ministry of War hurriedly came to the Ministry of War, and Xu Jin muttered for a while.

Because Zhu Houzhao was in front of him, Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly came to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I just got an expedited 800 li, and the little prince's department invaded my Guyuan with tens of thousands of horsemen, killed 300 of my border people, and slaughtered two villages, and now it has gone in the direction of Zhenyi. ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect that he had just excitedly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers in the capital when he received the news that the little prince had invaded his Ming Dynasty.

Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, looked at Zhu Houzhao with some trepidation, he didn't know what Zhu Houzhao would do.

But Zhu Houzhao just nodded at this time, took the report in Xu Jin's hand, looked at it for a while, and only after the officers and soldiers were basically calm down did he say loudly:

"However, just now, I got the news from the Ministry of War, little prince, this Tartar head actually took tens of thousands of horsemen to invade my Guyuan border town, killed 300 people of my Ming Dynasty, and slaughtered two places in my Ming village, shame! It's a shame!

I think that I was bullied like this back then, where did our fathers go out of Mobei to fight the Tartars!

Did the First Battle of Tumubao really knock out the spirit of my Ming soldiers!

My sons, tell me, have you been beaten off your spirit, are we really inferior to our fathers, and then sit back and watch my Ming Dynasty decline, until a hundred years later, the fate of the two Song Dynasty fell into the hands of foreign races again! ”

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

Some of the governors and commanders in front of Zhu Houzhao were completely enraged by Zhu Houzhao's remarks just now and the little prince's aggression, and roared loudly.

"Well, from now on, you have also received enough rice, and when you go back, you should train well, and in three months I will gather you again to conduct a training assessment on you;

In the near future, I will lead you to the glory of our ancestors!

Let the banner of the Ming Dynasty be planted in every inch of Mobei!

And you should also be like him, put on a python robe, worship the marquis, and even become the grandfather of my new generation of the Ming Dynasty! A soldier who doesn't want to be a prince is not a good soldier, and I hope you can all worship the prince in the future! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao pointed to the British Gong Zhang Mao, who couldn't help but straighten his chest, which also provoked the officers and soldiers below to become ambitious.

"Remember, from now on is a new era, the era of our younger generation, you are the new soldiers of the empire, and they are the new officials of the empire, I am the new emperor of the empire, we will surely open a new glory of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Houzhao said and left the regimental camp school ground, leaving only a back.

For the British Gong Zhang Mao, the military secretary Xu Jin, and all the officers and soldiers present, it was difficult to calm down for a while.