As soon as Zhu Houzhao and Qiu Ju walked out of the Royal Industrial Laboratory, Liu Jin came to Zhu Houzhao.

"Emperor, Xu Jin, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, has applied to join the Zhongjun Society, this is his application", Liu Jin handed the application to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, thinking that this Xu Jin would be simple, but he didn't want Xu Jin to join the club so easily, so he only took out a booklet from his bookcase:

"Now that he has applied to join, Gu Dayong will send someone to investigate him, and even interview him, you let him wait for the news first, Zhongjun Society is a community with a sense of mission and faith, and the development of members must be strict in and wide out, and those who are not interested in seeking welfare for the Ming Dynasty and the people cannot enter, even if he is the left servant of the military department, he can't be too hasty."

Liu Jin nodded yes, he knew that Emperor Zhu Houzhao wanted to do great things, and letting them develop the Zhongjun Society was also to find virtuous ministers and good generals who were really worth cultivating.

On this day, Liu Jin took Zhu Houzhao's entrustment and found Xu Jin, the left attendant of the military department:

"After the organizational assessment, it was found that you had deducted 3,000 stone of military rations when you were the governor of Taiyuan before, which made the organization very disappointed."

Xu Jin didn't know what to say for a while, and he couldn't defend himself if he wanted to, because now it has become a very normal unspoken rule to manage the army and deduct military salaries and rations, and otherwise, there is no money to support staff members to improve the quality of life, not to mention that they have to bribe high-ranking officials in the capital, so they generally do not overdo not pursue it, and even if they commit corruption, they will not be punished for corruption, which is already the default rule of officialdom.

Xu Jin smiled a little embarrassedly, his face could not hide the disappointment, he didn't expect that the assessment of the Zhongjun Society would be so strict, and he would be used as a stain because he had withheld military rations many years ago: "So, Xu Mou can't enter the Zhongjun Society?" ”

Xu Jin wanted to ask if he couldn't enter the Zhongjun Society anymore and didn't even have the chance to become the secretary of the military department, but he still didn't ask.

At this time, Liu Jin laughed: "However, the organization found that although you are corrupt, you are not afraid of life and death in battle, and you have encountered Tartars in Liaodong and Taiyuan several times, and you have dared to take the lead and have passed the Tartars.

You have to remember that joining the Zhongjun Society is for the Ming Dynasty for the welfare of the people of the world can only be joined, the natural assessment should be stricter, this is the "Zhongjun Society Outline" and the Qin Ci "Governing Program", you take it back and study hard, remember to write a study summary and personal governance summary after a year, when the time comes, the organization will assess you again, and you can be called a member of the Zhongjun Society if you pass the assessment. ”

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Xu Jin, the left attendant of the military department, found that it was so troublesome to join the Zhongjun Society, but because of this, he began to feel that the Zhongjun Society may not really be a group of such a nature as reporting for warmth, or it may really be an organization with ideals and a sense of mission, because it is very troublesome, but it has aroused Xu Jin's desire to join, and he now feels more and more that if he joins this Zhongjun Society, it means that he is a real virtuous minister and a good official.

"I, Xu Jin, am also a person with lofty ideals! Please rest assured, Xu will go back to read these two books, and he will not disappoint the organization when the time comes", Xu Jin got up and left, the word "organization" blurted out from his mouth unconsciously, but after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but be a little surprised by what he had just done, thinking who invented this word, it was too powerful!

This was naturally invented by Zhu Houzhao, who knew that it was difficult to make a person loyal to a person, because human nature is to pursue freedom and do not want to be controlled by another person, but human beings are social creatures, and they naturally want to be recognized and affirmed by others.

Therefore, it is still very difficult for Zhu Houzhao to make these officials loyal to his emperor or something, don't look at them have accepted the Confucian idea of loyalty to the monarch for so long, on the surface they regard the monarch as their father, but many times they will also regard the monarch as a thief, and they will not be very loyal to the emperor alone, this is because a person will not be willing to be loyal to a person.

But if it is a group, it is different, because people are afraid of loneliness by nature, so people dare not betray a group, and even take the initiative to obey a group, which is called herd mentality, which is why officials would rather offend the emperor than offend the civil clique.

And Zhu Houzhao now wants to develop a group organization that represents his own will, and he wants the people of this group to understand that betraying himself is not betraying the emperor alone, but betraying the entire group, and not being recognized by this group means not getting the recognition of many people, not to mention that the people of this group represent the best elite, and if you don't get recognition, it means that you are a loser.

Xu Jin now has the desire to be recognized by the "organization", and this desire even exceeds his desire for the secretary of the military department, making him forget that his original purpose is to be promoted to the rank of official to be the secretary of the military department.

Xu Jin went back and began to carefully read the "Outline of the Zhongjun Society" and the "Program for Governing the Country", in order to understand the organization's intentions and be recognized by the organization, he can be said to have forgotten to study, and even as a literati, he instinctively annotated them, expressing his understanding and opinions.

As a two-list jinshi who came up in the Bagu Literature Examination, what he is best at is to do reading comprehension and application essays, and use the exam questions to brainwash himself, so now in order to get the recognition of the organization, he also began to use the "Outline of the Zhongjun Society" written by Zhu Houzhao himself and the "Governing Program" written by Zhu Houzhao to wash his brain, and in the end, he felt more and more enriched and felt that he should join the Zhongjun Society.

At this time, Liu Jin also reported to Zhu Houzhao the latest situation of Xu Jin, the left waiter of the development of the military department: "Your Majesty, Xu Shilang agreed to organize an assessment of him, and first learn your spirit as a reserve member. ”

"Very good, in that case, the position of the secretary of the military department can be chosen, let the celebrant Wang Yue come to see me!" Zhu Houzhao said.

Liu Jin was a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, he hasn't become a member yet, why did he let him be the secretary of the military department, shouldn't he be allowed to become a member of the club first, this secretary of the military department is one of the nine qing!" ”

"I just want him to know that it is more difficult to become a member of the Zhongjun Society than to become a secretary of the military department, no matter how old the official of the imperial court is, he has the opportunity to be, but if he wants to become a member of the Zhongjun Society, he is destined to have idealists with thoughts and beliefs, and colleagues with common goals, otherwise even the old Shangshu of the Gonghou Pavilion cannot join, and people must understand that joining the club is really not to be promoted and rich, but to prove that they are excellent people!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, Liu Jin also understood, and hurriedly nodded and retired.

And Zhu Houzhao smiled, through Xu Jin's matter, he found that the thinking of people in this era is really very scarce, and high-ranking officials like Zuo Shilang of Rao is military department can be at the mercy of their own thoughts, which is enough to show how easy it is to be brainwashed by this person who lacks thinking ability under science education, and it is no wonder that later Western missionaries can also successfully fool the cabinet scholars into teaching, and even the White Lotus Sect can always exist.

Zhu Houzhao believes that in the future, he can develop more people and have the same strong national consciousness and reform consciousness as him.

Not long after, Wang Yue came, and Zhu Houzhao chose Xu Jin as the secretary of the military department on the grounds that Xu Jin was handsome.

After Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the seal, told Liu Jian and the others this reason, Liu Jian and the others all laughed, feeling that the emperor was really unassertive, and there was no doubt that he would be faint in the future.

Wang Hua also knew later, and couldn't help but look in the mirror, sighing that his appearance was obviously passable, how could he not be as good as Xu Jin, so he couldn't help but ask his son Wang Yangming: "Who is beautiful between me and Xu Gong?" ”

"Xu Gong is very beautiful, the old man lacks masculinity, his skin is white and fat, and he is not as far as Xu Gong", Wang Yangming, who was the director of the Military Election Department at the time, saw Xu Jin, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and told the truth, and then was beaten by his father.