After Zhu Youzhen paused for a moment, he continued to the military and civilians in the audience: "Some people say that my Ming Dynasty is China, those who live in the middle of heaven and earth are called China, and those who live in the middle of heaven and earth are called Siyi. I China dwells in heaven and earth, and it is the kingdom of heaven; The four wildernesses and eight wildernesses are all barbarians, and they will submit to me, and China will also.

In order to maintain the prestige of the kingdom of the Great Tomorrow, anyone who is not a minister will be asked for by the king. Is this kind of Ming worthy of our one-time life to defend? I thought it was a little close, otherwise there wouldn't be so many officials and citizens who surrendered without a war.

Some people also say that my Ming Dynasty is Huaxia, and there is great etiquette, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of uniforms, which is called Hua. This so-called Huaxia also. To put it simply, the reason why China is China is because we have a long history and a splendid culture.

The history of China, which is recorded in classics, can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty 3,700 years ago. When the Chinese people wrote and recorded history, the barbarians of the Quartet were still living as savages who drank blood and wore their feathers...

It is based on the fact that Huaxia is civilization, and civilization is the only criterion for distinguishing Huayi. Civilization is that when the barbarians were still cultivating slash-and-burn, we had already begun to write words, formulate a system of etiquette and music, and benefit the heirs by the state, the community, and the people.

Civilization is when the barbarians are still driving their brothers to slavery and killing people to sacrifice to the heavens; We have begun to abolish slaves as a nation, abolish human sacrifice, and replace them with livestock.

In short, civilization is what the Master called benevolence, and benevolence loves others. It is because as a civilized country, the Ming should love its own people, which is the real benevolence.

How a truly civilized nation should love its own people is, in my opinion, only to ensure that the people have the following three rights: Do the people have the right to pursue a happy life? Do the people have the right to a happy life? Do the people have the right to defend a happy life?

When we say that we want to defend our family and the country, we are to defend the benevolence of our master, and to defend the three most basic rights of our Ming people. Only the right to defend the people to live a happy life is worthy of all Ming people who do not hesitate to defend her with their lives.

Any internal and external forces that dare to prevent the Ming people from living a happy life are traitors and enemies who have turned their backs on Chinese civilization, and we must not hesitate to rise up and fight against them. No matter whether this enemy has a sword, a gun or a pen and ink in his hands, we must crush their attack and slander of a truly civilized country, and put 10,000 feet on their corpses, so that they will never be able to turn over..."

Zhang Xianzhong, who was standing in the queue of the Second Guards Division on the left side below the high platform, was actually not too touched by Chongzhen's words, but the soldiers of the Guards Division on the left and right, and the people of Zunhua who were farther away, listened to the emperor's speech with fascination.

Although Zhang Xianzhong has studied for a few years, he is not officially enlightened, so he has not established a solid concept of Gangchang Mingjiao. For him, risking his life to kill the enemy on the battlefield is naturally just to get promoted and get rich, and to break away from the class of the common people, so as to glorify his ancestors.

As for the so-called defense of civilization and benevolence, these slogans are really too lofty. And to protect the happy life of the Ming people, Zhang Xianzhong is still quite resistant in his heart, how can the current Ming people have a happy life. Judging from his past life experience, it is said that the life of the people in Gangnam is stronger than that of the people of Gyeonggi, but he has not seen it.

Only with the people in Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi that he has seen, let alone a happy life, it is very difficult to live. If the people of these three places can live the lives of the people of Gyeonggi, it will be considered a great benevolent government. Not to mention the collusion between those local officials and squires, and the common people have become a tacit unspoken rule.

Zhang Xianzhong quietly looked around at the expressions of the soldiers around him, and felt that maybe only these soldiers who were sheltered under the emperor's wings would believe what the emperor said, and he could do something, he didn't believe it anyway. However, Zhang Xianzhong also unexpectedly felt that listening to what the emperor said today, it made him feel warmer and more comfortable in his heart than when he heard the news of his promotion before.

Perhaps, because this is the first time he has heard that there are people in higher positions who do not use interests and morality to criticize the ordinary people and sergeants below, and let them defend the Ming Dynasty and the society. Regardless of whether the emperor can fulfill the promise he made today in the future, Zhang Xianzhong feels that at least for now, he is still willing to use his life to defend such an emperor.

On the side of the stairs on the left side of the high platform, in the team of officials standing opposite the solemn military and civilian ranks, Cui Chengxiu was also constantly looking at the expressions of the officials around him.

Regarding Chongzhen's speech after the sacrifice, Cui Chengxiu felt that although there were some new ideas, he was inevitably a little betrayed of the master's way of forgiveness. What's more, the master's so-called benevolence and love for the people mainly refers to the self-restraint of the scholars' sense of morality, and loving the people does not mean that you really seek the interests of the small people, but that the scholars should have such a quality.

Therefore, the benevolence mentioned by the scholars is only to satisfy the moral needs of the scholars and doctors' own needs, not to let the scholars really be driven by those peddlers and pawns, and run around for the interests of these small people.

However, although the emperor's words betrayed the master's righteous path, Cui Chengxiu did not want to correct the emperor's views in a pedantic manner, he thought that this was a breakthrough to understand Chongzhen's heart. Since Chongzhen summoned him that night and threw out the reform strategy that the cultivator has his own land, Cui Chengxiu has been desperately looking for excuses to delay the time to reply to the emperor these days.

Although the temptation of the head of the cabinet and the name of the posthumous man made it difficult for him to refuse, if the reform strategy of the cultivator with his own land was a dead end, then he had little interest in accepting the emperor's task. The result of Cui Chengxiu's repeated thinking in these days is that if he can get the strong support of the emperor, then perhaps although the reform strategy of the cultivator having his own land cannot be realized, it may still be feasible to alleviate the intensified contradictions between the gentry in various places caused by land annexation.

For Cui Chengxiu, if there is a glimmer of possibility, he still hopes to give it a go. After all, after obtaining the emperor's protection, his previous behavior of suppressing the Donglin party members for Wei Zhongxian was able to be safely cleared. As long as nothing happens, his family can still thrive for two or three generations.

But what worries Mr. Choi is that he doesn't know how much Chongzhen is willing to pay for such a reform, or how determined he is. If his side aroused the anger of the gentry everywhere, and the emperor began to retreat, then his end would undoubtedly be much more tragic than Zhang Juzheng.

However, at today's memorial ceremony, Chongzhen's speech in public is undoubtedly a clarion call for reform in Cui Chengxiu's view. And the emperor's determination made Cui Chengxiu feel that maybe land reform may not be impossible.

This ceremony not only allowed Cui Chengxiu to see Chongzhen's determination for land reform, but he also noticed the support of the soldiers of the New Army and the civilians of Zunhua for the emperor. This support was not out of loyalty, but because they were genuinely moved by the Emperor's speech, that the sacrifice they had made was indeed worthwhile, and that they wanted to defend with the Emperor, the ideal that the Emperor spoke of that would allow them to live happily.

Cui Chengxiu realized that in addition to Chongzhen's imperial power, the support of these new army officers and soldiers alone could fully guarantee that he would try to implement land reform in the northern provinces. At least these young officers around him, when they listened to the emperor's speech, their eyes were shining.

Cui Chengxiu subconsciously turned his head to look at the other side, looking at the somewhat ugly faces of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Mao Yuanyi and others, and couldn't help but revise his thoughts, "Ao, it seems that there are still a very small number of people who don't agree with the emperor's new statement of revising and explaining the benevolence of the master. However, they don't seem to have any intention of confronting the Emperor's claims head-on..."

When the officials in the audience speculated about the purpose of the emperor's speech, Zhu Youzhen finally ended: "... It is the duty of the state to defend the right of every Ming person to live happily. As a great tomorrow, everything I do is to fulfill the country's commitment to the people. I always believe that those who are in the world are also the people in the world; It's not a family with one surname. As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am not guarding this property for my own family, but carrying it in the sky, guarding the world for the people of the world. ”

The officials who originally listened to Chongzhen's talk about defending the people and listened to it were quite frightened, but when they listened to Chongzhen's final summary, they finally calmed down a little.

When the emperor said that he wanted to defend the people, he obviously did not mean that he wanted to defend those scholars and doctors, but everyone understood this. But the final summary made them feel at ease.

The world of the husband is the world of the world, and this is also the ideal pursued by many scholars and doctors. Governing the world with scholars and doctors is exactly what these officials think is the best governing philosophy.

Although the world is the world of the people of the world, to govern a huge country, it is always necessary to pick out some talents to act as officials. And from ancient times to the present, who else can govern the country, except for the class of scholars?

Well, although Chongzhen's previous words were a bit excessive, if he could delegate power to the civil officials and learn the daily life of Emperor Wanli, these officials felt that today's speech would not be a big deal.

After Zhu Youzhen's speech, he was about to let Wang Zaijin come up and try Wu Nag and other war criminals in public, but he heard several people below shouting: "Long live Your Majesty!" As the voice echoed through the crowd, more people soon came to their senses and shouted to the Emperor, "Hurrah! Hooray..."

Zhu Youzhen suddenly stopped leaving, stood on the stage again and waved to the crowd in front of him, and only after three times did he retreat down the stairs on the left.

Later, on the high platform, it became a trial platform, and 17 Mongol and Jurchen war criminals, including Wu Nag, were sentenced to death by hanging on charges of treason, massacre of surrendered Ming troops, and Ming people.

After listening to the charges read by Wang Zaijin, Wu Nag looked at the excited Ming soldiers and civilians in the audience for a long time before nodding silently and saying, "I plead guilty." ”

When the 17 war criminals were hanged one by one, the soldiers and civilians in the audience finally quieted down, after this series of ceremonies, they were obviously a lot more mature, and there was no longer the previous self-pity and tyrannical eyes.