Zhao Jing didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Humble and thankful." ”

Zhu Di put his hands behind his back, and then said to Jin Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "Jin Qing's family, what do you think?" ”

Jin Zhong pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks ...... There is no need. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Di was a little surprised.

This was really unexpected, and he originally thought that Jin Zhong would strongly oppose it.

After all, the military department is still very sensitive to the matter of knighthood.

In other words, most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are also disgusted with knighthood.

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Jin Qing is also open-minded. ”

Jin Zhong said: "The imperial court has millions of officers and soldiers, and the manpower and material resources spent on these millions of officers and soldiers every year are really incalculable. Not only did they have to be granted land and fields, but they had to spend a lot of effort on horse administration, and now they had to purchase a large number of firearms to supply them with military rations, and as for other rewards, they could not be counted. ”

After a pause, Jin Zhong continued: "What is the purpose of spending such a lot of energy? In order to ensure the peace of the four realms of the Ming Dynasty, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, the military exploits of the model battalion are seen with their own eyes. As for the training method of the model battalion, in fact, the minister only now learned from His Royal Highness the Prince, and as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, such a shocking method is indeed worthy of praise and promotion. ”

"If Your Majesty only gives a few Hou Bo and a little money, you can let the officers and soldiers of the world know that if they can also follow the example of the model battalion, they can also be named Hou and pay homage to the Prime Minister in the future, so they will learn from each other wholeheartedly, then ...... For the imperial court, it is really gratifying to lose a small reward, but to get a million elites. ”

Jin Zhong pondered for a moment, and then said: "The ministers are in charge of the military department, and they have always been opposed to the excessive rewards of the imperial court. But the minister is not a stingy person, the minister is in front of His Majesty in the military department, he should learn to calculate this account, which rewards should not be, and which ones have to be spent, but he still understands. ”

Zhu Di bowed his head and said: "Yes, the silver should be spent on the blade, and the reward is the same." If there was such a warrior battalion, why did it take several years to fight to Nanjing City? The past few years of appeasement have caused many disasters in the world and cost the southern and northern armies a lot of money and food, which shows the importance of elite soldiers. I want to buy bones today, and I want to teach the world that I have rewards, and there is nothing I can't reluctant, as long as the energy efficiency model camp can succeed, what are these rewards? ”

After that, Zhu Di asked Zhu Yong resolutely: "How many thousand households are there in the camp?" ”

Zhu Yong was startled when he heard this, and stammered: "Ten ...... Thirteen ......"

Zhu Di said magnificently: "All are uncles." As for you...... I will make you a marquis again, and in the future you will attack your father's duke, and your marquis will be passed on to your second son. Your Zhu family has a duke and a marquis, hereditary replacement! ”

The top title of the Ming Dynasty should be one of the two princes of the Xu family, that is, the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Dingguo of the Xu brothers.

And after Zhu Yong became the prince of the country, he actually got a hereditary marquis, but he couldn't help but be shocked and couldn't speak for a while.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Xun again: "I also gave you a marquis." ”

Zhang Xuan's body shook slightly.

His brother Zhang Fu is now a British duke, of course, this is because of his father's shadow, and Zhang Fu is only the second son, so he is not qualified to be a knight.

Of course, with his military exploits, he has already won the title of an earl, but now he has been made a marquis, which is an unexpected joy.

Zhang Xuan was extremely excited, and behind the door, he was thinking about the marquis and worshipping the prime minister.

So he hurriedly said: "Thank you for your grace." ”

Zhu Di glanced at Qiu Song and said, "He should follow this example." It is necessary to issue an edict clearly and announce it to the world. ”

After that, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "The prince has been in the camp for several months, and it was originally impossible to do without the prince in this Zhan Mansion." It's just that right now, it's important for the prince to recuperate. Today, I promised the prince to take a break for five days, and five days later, he still returned to the model camp to listen to it. ”

Zhu Gaochi looked surprised, and he didn't know how to respond.

Now he is quite accustomed to the life of the model camp, but a person with a family and a job can't stay in the camp all day long.

What's more, he couldn't understand that his father had made such a decision, but he didn't know what it meant?

Seeing Zhu Gao's anxious appearance, Zhu Di said: "When I was in King Yan, Emperor Taizu Gao once said that the palace could not raise a noble son, so I ordered Beiping to attack the desert several times in the army, which can be described as half a life. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi's eyes for a few more moments, and said: "You are my son, and today's Xia Chengping, compared to the original situation of me, I don't know how many times better." Now...... One of the things that keeps you in camp is to recuperate your body. Second, it is also of great benefit to you, learn hard, there will be no mistakes. ”

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di's concerned gaze, and had no choice but to say, "Erchen obeys the order."

Only then did Zhu Di remember that today's serious matter seemed to be to entertain the Tatar and Warat Khan, and immediately smiled: "This Urige is also a good man, give him 100,000 gold." The rest of the Bock warriors, although they were defeated, were not bad men, and they gave 50,000 gold. ”

Sanhan looked grateful and hurriedly thanked him.

Zhu Di was obviously in a very good mood today, so he immediately entered the banquet, and the wine was too drunk, and it was not until the afternoon that he taught people to disperse.

He left Zhang Anshi alone.

Zhu Yong and the three also left with the ministers.

This brother has been made a marquis today, and he is in a comfortable mood, and he is extremely energetic.

This Zhu Yong said: "I understand now." ”

Zhang Xuan said curiously: "What does the second brother understand?" ”

Zhu Yong said: "Big brother is clever, I'm afraid I expected that we would have this blessing, this credit was given to us by the eldest brother, it is strange to say, it turns out that the training of His Royal Highness the Prince is also a great merit, so let's do it well in the future." ”

Zhang Xuan touched his head and seemed to have figured out the context of this: "Second brother, are we still not training well?" ”

"In the past, I was still too kind, and I suffered too little. Didn't Your Majesty say that? When he was in the desert, he was bitter, compared to it, what is this? Zhu Yong said very seriously.

"But ......," Zhang Xuan said with some concern, "will this make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hate us?" ”

While speaking, Zhu Yong and Zhang Xuan glanced at each other, and then their eyes fell on Qiu Song, who was forked on the side.

It seems that all of a sudden, there is something in mind.

Zhu Yong said: "I see, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is already qualified in the infantry battalion, and he is best at arithmetic, so it is more appropriate to transfer to the artillery battalion." ”

Qiu Song: "......"

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up: "Ah...... Yes, yes, it's time to add a burden to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be very relieved to learn about it, so he decided. ”

Qiu Song: "......"

…………

Yang Rongren and the others all returned to Wenyuan Pavilion.

In the evening, Jin Zhong came to see him.

Jin Zhong, the secretary of the military department, because it involves a large number of military ministers to be knighted, needs to come to Wenyuan Pavilion to go through a procedure.

However, this kind of thing, in fact, he didn't have to come in person, he insisted on coming here, obviously he also wanted to listen to the advice of the princes of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Yang Rong obviously knew what Jin Zhong meant, so he invited Jin Zhong to his duty room, and asked people to invite Hu Guang and Jin Youzi together.

Everyone sat down, hugged each other's tea, first talked about the weather, and then talked about the flooding of the Huai River and the drought in Henan.

In ancient times, disasters were always continuous, but this year's disasters in many places made the princes of Wenyuan Pavilion frown.

Even the Taiping Mansion is actually within the scope of the disaster, after all, the Huai River flooded, and the Taiping Mansion also suffered a lot of losses.

"Fortunately, the treasury is abundant now, if not, the people will suffer, and we should ask Your Majesty to take out some of the money from your inner treasury and give it to you, so that we can tide over the difficulties together." Jin Youzi said.

Hu Guang frowned: "Hey......"

Jin Youzi said: "Why is Gong Hu sighing? ”

Hu Guangdao: "Now the affairs of the imperial court are everywhere reaching out to ask for silver. I don't know...... Take people softly, eat people softly...... In the long run, the imperial court will be subject to restrictions everywhere whenever it uses money......"

He shook his head, worried.

Hu Guang was a traditional Confucian scholar, and they were a group of scholars who were self-conscious, which gave rise to a state system that they considered reasonable.

For example, the separation of the treasury from the treasury allows civil servants to dispose of the money and grain of the treasury. And the emperor is in control of the internal money, so he naturally lives his own life.

Once the emperor ran out of money and lacked money, of course he would do everything possible to reach out to the treasury, so that a game between the palace and the officials was formed, and such things were not uncommon in history.

However, since the emperor has a money bag and needs the treasury to make up for the emperor's selfish desires, it is necessary to make certain concessions to the civil officials in some places, so that a certain delicate balance has been reached.

Today, however, it is clear that the opposite is true.

The treasury is insufficient, but the wealth of the treasury is not known to be many times that of the treasury, controlling the world's soldiers and horses, mastering the brocade guards, and at the same time pinching the money bag emperor, almost the power surpasses everything.

On the contrary, all the ministers can think about every day is to rack their brains to ask for three melons and two dates from the internal treasury to save the emergency, which is obviously completely contrary to the concept of civil officials.

When Jin Zhong heard this, he smiled and said, "Where does the money come from? Why is the treasury in deficit? Speaking of which, isn't it just that you can't get money? Where did the money and food in this world go, Hu Gong couldn't figure it out? In my opinion, Hu Gong is pretending to be confused. To be subject to others is also a great rebellion. Of course, Hu Gong is honest and doesn't have to care. But where the money and food went, but you know it, I know, and the world knows it. ”

Hu Guang said depressedly: "I'm just complaining, why does Jin Gong have to be unforgiving and care about everything?"

Jin Zhong said: "If you are uneven, you will be resounding, I see, some people have no way out." ”

Hu Guang pursed his lips and was silent.

This is actually a very painful feeling, on the one hand, the things that I originally believed in have long been full of holes, and these things, in fact, Hu Guang himself does not believe in them.

He even knows better than anyone that no one can hide the achievements brought about by the New Deal, and it seems that the only way out in the world is the New Deal.

Hu Guang is not stupid, but he is convinced, but he does not dare to believe it, because this is not only his own set of etiquette concepts, but also the idyllic songs of people like him for generations.

This is digging a grave for yourself!

Jin Zhong said with a smile: "If it weren't for the fact that the old man is now the secretary of the military department, he really wants to calculate a hexagram for the princes." Well, let's get down to business. On the side of the Ministry of War, the regulations were drafted in the past two days, but the name of this Hou Bo still needs to be discussed with the public. ”

Yang Rong was surprisingly silent today, in fact, it was meaningless to say anything at this time. He knows that Hu Guang is like a drowning person at this time, you have to make people wail a few times, there can't be people who are about to die mentally, but they don't let people howl!

It's too cruel, and Yang Rong is kind-hearted.

At this time, it is inevitable to complain unreasonably, and you can just say yes, yes, yes.

At this time, since Jin Zhong was down to business, Yang Rong said: "This matter, just let the Ministry of Rites decide, Liu Butang's side...... The charter has been drawn up, and I will discuss it later. ”

Hu Guangdao: "Are there too many knights this time?" ”

Jin Zhong was silent, and he was too lazy to bother with him.

Jin Youzi pondered for a moment and said: "If what the prince said is true, teach the officers and soldiers in the army to read and hyphenation, as well as the way of the family and country." Isn't this the first of its kind in the world? Confucius sage said, there is no class, if I still know the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that I will be praised. Hu Gong, Your Majesty's mind is very clear, this is a thousand gold to buy bones, just a dozen titles, you can stand up for a letter, as far as I am concerned, this is a good thing. ”

Hu Guang was obviously still a little worried, and said, "What they teach in the camp may not be ......."

Jin Youzi said: "But there are also many allusions to loyalty, as long as the allusions are taught, then it is inevitable to teach people to know the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period." ”

Hu Guang paused, seemed to think of something, and finally said: "Okay, this is indeed not wrong, Zhang Anshi did do a good thing, I admit this!" ”

Yang Rong smiled and said, "Hu Gong also has times when he admits defeat? ”

Hu Guang raised his eyebrows and said eloquently: "Can't a gentleman even tell right from wrong?" ”

The crowd is still chattering.

On the other end, Zhu Di, who was half-drunk, took a sip of tea gently at this time, and the warm tea, with a faint fragrance of tea, made him sober up a little at once.

He looked at Zhang Anshi for a while, and then said: "The prince can be like this, and my heart will be relieved of most of it." ”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been ......"

Without waiting for Zhang Anshi to finish speaking, Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "You don't always have to say good things about him, he has the grace of nurturing you, and you have to speak for him everywhere." It's just my own son, will I not know his strengths and weaknesses? Now that he has this insight and is in good health, I am indeed very gratified. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Di's lips hooked a light smile, which showed that he was indeed in a very good mood today, and it should be said that the changes shown by Zhu Gaochi today made him extremely comforted.

Zhang Anshi said: "What Your Majesty said is true. ”

Zhu Di said again: "It's just these things, why didn't you talk to me in advance?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Anshi drooped his head and said: "The minister has a lot of things to be busy with now, and the affairs of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the model camp, the minister is actually ......."

Zhu Di sighed and said: "It's really difficult for you, in terms of affection, he is like your father and brother." But logically speaking, you have to teach him to temper well in the camp, but I am afraid that it will be unbearable, so I can't bear to ask, right? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty understands the ministers. ”

Zhu Di said: "I decided to let the prince stay in the model camp for a few more days, on the one hand, it was a good student to let him practice his body again, which would be good for him. Secondly, teaching him to know the sufferings of officers and soldiers in the army will also be of great benefit to him in the future. These things...... You don't have to ask in the future, teach him to understand it himself. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Di immediately smiled and said, "I didn't reward you this time, do you know why?" ”

Zhang Anshi also wanted to ask, yes, so many people have been rewarded, and he, the person who personally sent the prince to the model camp for training, was ignored.

Of course, he still wanted to save face, so he put on a calm face and said: "The minister has no merit......

Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "I am old, although everyone calls it long live, but people's birth, old age, sickness and death, no matter how many long live they read, they cannot be changed." I respect the Heavenly Ancestor, and I only want to do something for my children and grandchildren for the rest of my life, so that I can return to heaven in the future and see Emperor Taizu Gao, and I will never teach him to be reprimanded by the old man. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "If Emperor Taizu Gao knew His Majesty's merits, he wouldn't know how happy he would be." ”

Zhu Di smiled: "You are wrong, Emperor Taizu Gao, what he values most is his children and grandchildren." I can't say these words to outsiders, so I'll just say it to you today, I am the heir of Emperor Taizu Gao, and he loves me, but Zhu Yunwen and others ...... How could Emperor Taizu Gao not be merciful? What I have done, I know it well, although it is a last resort, if it is said that it is completely above board, but it may not be. ”

Zhang Anshi was directly silenced.

You must know that in the past, His Majesty repeatedly declared that he was the favorite son of Emperor Taizu Gao, and Emperor Taizu Gao had no choice but to give the throne to Emperor Jianwen, and now, he has succeeded to the Great Unification, which can be regarded as fulfilling the wish of Emperor Taizu Gao.

For these, everyone knows well, naturally, whether it is Zhang Anshi or others, they all smiled and said, Your Majesty is right, I am the lice on the head of Emperor Taizu Gao at that time, and Emperor Taizu Gao thought like this at the beginning.

But who knows, Zhu Di has deceived himself all his life, and Zhang Anshi has also coaxed Zhu Di for half his life.

Turning his head, he suddenly told the truth.

This makes Zhang Anshi very embarrassed, what should I say at this time?

Your Majesty, aren't you playing with everyone?

Zhang Anshi's mind was turning in his mind, and he was a little unsure if this question was a proposition, for fear that he would accidentally answer it wrong.

After struggling for a long time, he finally took a deep breath and finally said: "Because of this, the minister gave birth to a heart of great luck." ”

Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi in surprise, he felt that Zhang Anshi's words were clueless.