"Dongyu has widely practiced 'benevolence and righteousness' in Beijing, and even shaving his head can be accommodating, and this ambition is already big enough." Zhu Cihong restrained the smile on his face, and said, "The southern ministers even have the face to give rewards and gifts!" This is not to tell Dongyu that there is no one in my court, and all are cowards! ”

It was the first time Chongzhen had seen his son lose his temper so much, and he was about to talk about Wu Sangui, only to hear Zhu Cihong say again: "It is precisely because I am afraid and afraid of Dongyu every time, and retreat, that they are so arrogant!" If he still shows cowardice this time, the 100,000 birds and beasts in the east will go south soon! ”

The two queens and Concubine Yuan were so frightened that they covered their chests, and Emperor Chongzhen's face was also pale, and he said after a long time: "Can your guard battalion stop it?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "If you can't stop it, you have to stop it." He found that his tone was a little stiff, knowing that the psychological capacity of the Heavenly Family was weak, and said: "Father, my Middle Earth is vast and has a large population, as long as I fully mobilize the able-bodied people to join the army and vigorously develop armaments, how can I lose to the Manchurian Tartars of more than ten thousand?" What I'm afraid of is that I don't dare to fight, and I will lose my ancestral inheritance in vain. ”

"The treasury has long been out of money, what do you use to fight?" Chongzhen finally asked this question that had been entangled with him for a long time.

Zhu Cihong was very emotionally moved by Emperor Chongzhen's ability to ask the point, but it is estimated that he would not like the real answer.

"Strict governance, confiscation of stolen money." Zhu Cihong finally replied.

The Ming Dynasty was a typical middle-class society, the court above had no money, and the people below had no money, and the real ones who were rich were those merchants, officials, and clans. It cannot be denied that many of these people have made their fortunes through hard work, and some of them are even more charitable and have a great reputation among the villagers.

When Zhu Cihong waved the big stick of "Da Ming Law", of course, it was impossible to have a supernatural micro-manipulation, which could perfectly distinguish good from evil. In the face of militaristic affairs. At the critical juncture of the nation's survival, money must be guilty. Emperor Gao formulated a set of laws that can criminalize everyone at present, and no one will be able to get away with it - otherwise Hai Rui is the second, and he can be a moral model.

In this case, it seems that the extreme way of collecting private wealth for direct distribution will lose some of the people's hearts. But what is gained is greater popular support. Moreover, what is lost is the hearts of those who evade taxes and are unwilling to serve as soldiers, but what they gain is the hearts of the people who pay all kinds of taxes on time, are willing to work as coolies, and are willing to shed blood and sweat to join the army.

Compared with the two, Zhu Cihong certainly made a choice without hesitation.

"When you were very young, you knew that those who won the hearts of the people won the world, and now you are learning the style of rogue people!" Chongzhen said angrily: "Are all the people you kill who should be killed!" ”

"Father, sons are unwilling to kill." Zhu Cihong said: "Most of the guilty officials are assigned to teach in the township school, so that they can review the teachings of the sages. Good life change. As for the stolen money...... Hehe, father, do we want to contradict everything in order to show that we are different from Li Thief? Then the Li thief eats, won't we eat? ”

"Presumptuous! How can you talk to the Imperial Father like that! Zhou Hou put on a face: "Don't retreat and introspect yet!" ”

Zhu Cihong knew that his mother was afraid that his imperial father Bixia would be angry, so he relieved him of the siege, and bowed and retired quite appreciatively. As soon as he turned around, he heard the clatter of cups smashing on the ground. A few pieces of it were splashed on his calf.

You Shiwei hung his head and saw the crown prince leave. But he didn't get the edict to retreat, and his heart became more and more depressed.

"You Shiwei!" Emperor Chongzhen sent out an evil fire and set his eyes on the Zuo Du Governor who had wanted to use it before. However, as soon as he saw the python on his shoulder, he was blocked in his heart: this You Shiwei was already the crown prince's personal person.

"The minister is here." You Shiwei replied stiffly.

"You are an old general, known as famous, and now you are also messing around with this crown prince!" Chongzhen said angrily.

"Back to the emperor." You Shiwei calmed down, "The old minister thinks that the only one who can turn the tide today is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"You! Will you deceive me with the rebel? Chongzhen said angrily: "If he can make up for current affairs, why did he go from Henan to Beijing." It's lost everywhere! If you dare to say, 'Space for time', I will kill you on the spot!" ”

You Shiwei is a veteran in the end, and only waited for Chongzhen's breathing to calm down a little before he said: "Your Majesty, who is slandering in Bixia's ear?" What a deserved! Although the East Palace gave up land, it was an unbearable place to die. Even so, Donggong has fought bravely to kill the enemy in various battles, and has achieved a lot of results, where did the deception come from? ”

"Humph!" Chongzhen snorted heavily: "The newspaper said that the day said that he had captured the enemy general Liu Zongmin, what about the people? I said before that I captured Liu Fangliang, what about people! Only get a banner, saying that it is Li Thief, when I am a child, it is easy to deceive! ”

The exchange of Liu Zongmin for You Shiwei and others was not widely circulated in the army. This is to take into account the face of the veterans, and only say that it is used as bait to catch Li Zicheng's big fish.

As for Liu Fangliang, after Li Zicheng withdrew to Shanxi, he was put back by Zhu Cihong, although he didn't say it on the surface, Li Zicheng should be able to understand the goodwill. But this kind of thing naturally can't be fanfare, otherwise the crown prince will take the lead in thieves, so Liu Fangliang "escaped" by himself.

"Bixia, that banner is indeed Li Thief Shuaixu." You Shiwei defended: "On that day, the minister was beside His Highness, and I saw with my own eyes that two hundred brave and resolute men rushed into the Li thief array...... Hmm, bixia, there are still people outside who are witnesses, please bixia summon the right! You Shiwei was afraid that he would not be able to speak clearly, so he thought of Zhu Jiajun.

Although it has been so long, the scene of stepping on the ice and charging into battle that day will still often appear in the old governor's sleep.

If it was in Beijing, how could Chongzhen go and summon a soldier? Here, the majesty of the emperor was suppressed to the limit by the small Laizhou Mansion. Chongzhen also wanted to know what kind of people the soldiers that the crown prince Zhu Cihong had always trusted. After a brief silence, the emperor spat out the word "Xuan".

Wang Chengen bowed down and retreated, and ran out quickly. He didn't know Zhu Jiajun, but the Donggong soldiers seemed to be very familiar with each other, and as long as they grabbed one, they could ask it.

Wang Chengen's luck was better than he imagined, and before he could call the chamberlains to look for it, he met Zhu Jiajun at the gate of the Laizhou Mansion, he was talking and laughing with a big man with a huge head, and the person was also carrying the epaulettes of the Donggong soldiers on his shoulders, although there were two fewer stars, but there was one more horizontal bar, and the material looked like silver.

"You are Zhu Jiajun?" Wang Chengen himself was a little unconvinced: "Hurry up and go in, Bixia summons you!" ”

Zhu Jiajun was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: Bixiaweishenme wants to summon me? Is that what Your Highness meant?

"Brother Zhu, you are busy first, let's meet another day!" The big major said, "If you don't go back today, you can come to the camp in the evening." ”

Wang Chengen suddenly found that the big man's military uniform had a shield badge embroidered with gold thread on the chest, and there were vague words on it.

"What is this?" Wang Chengen asked curiously.

"This is a first-class white-knuckle combat medal." The big man was a head taller than Wang Chengen, and looked at him with his eyelids down: "There is also a real gold one, which is only worn when wearing a military uniform." ”

"This is the first brave general of our army, Major Liu Shiliu." Zhu Jiajun introduced it, and he also felt funny when he saw Liu Shi's useful face.

Wang Chengen rolled his eyes and said, "You come along." ”

Chongzhen only announced one, but when he saw that Wang Chengen had brought two, he was already strange in his heart. Wang Chengen walked quickly to Chongzhen's side and said in a low voice: "Emperor, the slave maid saw this Donggong soldier outside, and it seems that he was also in the guard camp at the earliest, so let him talk about it together, so there is a confirmation." ”

Chongzhen nodded, quite satisfied with Wang Chengen's steady work.

"Humble Zhu Jiajun (Liu Shi), see bixia."

The two of them straightened up and gave the East Palace military salute, but they didn't even have the intention of kneeling.

"Presumptuous! Don't kneel yet! Wang Chengen was scared half to death, and immediately went out of work and reprimanded angrily.

Chongzhen felt very fresh, waved his hand to signal Wang Chengen to retreat, and asked, "This is the military salute of the East Palace?" ”

"Go back to Bixia," Zhu Jiajun stepped forward and put his heels together, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in an urgent military situation, and he can't be delayed for a moment, so it's forbidden to kneel and worship, and only perform this military salute." "This is the new policy after the guard battalion arrived in Denglai, and after the brewing and fermentation of the previous period, it has been accepted by the soldiers. (To be continued......)

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