After the Great War, the city of Nanjing regained its calm.

The 3,000 battalion took over the city's defenses and patrolled the city every day, but the common people soon discovered that these people did not seem to be very different from the previous officers and soldiers, because they never disturbed the people.

The people had just witnessed a scene of a fairy fight, and they were in awe of these unfamiliar faces from the bottom of their hearts.

Originally, I thought that these people would be high, or vicious, but after just a few days of contact, I found that it was completely different from what I imagined.

The guards of the city gate still check the passing crowd, but they never make things difficult.

When encountering goods, it is only to see whether the goods are prohibited and whether there are formal documents, and then release them.

For those who do not have complete procedures, are suspected of smuggling, or carry prohibited items, they will be directly detained, and the people who send the money will not accept it, shouting that there are people on it...... The so-called big man who was shouted out will be taken down in the shortest possible time.

They form a team of 10 people to patrol the streets and alleys, and sometimes, they will take a break at the roadside tea stalls, but they will take the initiative to pay after each cup of tea.

Even if you encounter a scoundrel who is making trouble on the street, she will help deal with it.

This kind of behavior, put in the past, is simply unheard of, unseen.

The whole city of Nanking quickly restored order, and moreover, it was a new order.

Therefore, after a little worry, everyone is just like the past, what should they do.

At the same time, starting with the Nanjing Left Guard, the inventory of various guards has also been launched.

Li Zhen, the Duke of Rui, came to the Zuowei station, and first read out the holy decree, which roughly means that the emperor is very dissatisfied with the status quo of the guards, and the next step will be changed, and the guards must fully cooperate.

Chen Weisong stepped forward to report: "Grandpa Qiyuguo, all 3,513 people from Nanjing Zuowei are present, please review!" ”

Li Zhen frowned and asked, "According to the report of the former commander, the Nanjing Left Guard is full of 5,600 people, how come there are only more than 3,000, and the rest?" ”

"Back to Grandpa's words, the former commander Si Fangbo has been paid empty for a long time, in fact, the number of Nanjing Zuowei is only more than 3,900 people, less than 4,000. Before the first battle of Dajiaochang, a total of 73 people including Si Fangbo were disposed of by order, and in the first battle of Daxiaochang, 350 people were killed in the battle, 92 people were seriously injured, and the rest were all here. ”

Li Zhen nodded, and then ordered all the soldiers to gather, but instead of giving a lecture, he asked everyone to sit on the ground.

More than 3,000 people gathered in a large circle, waiting for instructions on the next step.

Li Zhen stood in the center and said loudly: "You are all soldiers to eat food, all have wives and children, all of them are generations of military households, when Emperor Taizu was the emperor, he ordered your ancestors to guard in this tuntian, I have checked the land of Zuowei, a total of 360,000 mu, but these years, for various reasons, there are only less than 250,000 left, let me ask you, do you still cultivate military land on weekdays?" ”

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Everyone looked cowardly and didn't dare to squeak.

"Speak, don't be afraid!"

Chen Weisong had no choice but to say truthfully: "Juntian...... It's long gone. ”

Li Zhen frowned and said, "Where did you go?" ”

"The man above...... Take it, they would rather lease it to tenants......"

Li Zhen asked again: "Juntian was issued to everyone by the imperial court, why did they take it?" ”

The crowd was silent again, and they did not dare to answer.

Li Zhen took out the accounts, and continued: "This is the food and salary issued by the imperial court to Zuo Wei in recent years, let's just say this year, this year's ordinary soldiers, each person should get three taels of silver, two hundred catties of grain, in addition, there are five feet of cloth, can these be in your hands?" ”

The crowd fell silent again, and the results were clear.

Li Zhen looked at Chen Weisong, and Chen Weisong had to reply: "No! ”

"Where did all this go?"

"It's not that I was deducted by that son of a bitch......"

The matter has come to this, and Chen Weisong doesn't want to hide it.

Although he used to be a hundred households, he was a middle-level officer, but in the guard, it was always those high-level people who ate meat, and then it was some followers behind these high-level people who drank the soup.

In the past few days, through a short contact with the emperor, he has a strong premonition that the emperor is likely to make big moves against the current maladministration.

When everyone heard this, they immediately burst into laughter, but they immediately realized that it was not funny, and they were busy and put away their laughter.

"You're right, you were detained by those bitches!"

Li Zhen didn't care at all, and said: "As far as I know, the former commander raised by the son of a bitch, the thief has been beaten under his nose, he is still marrying a little wife, and that Tongzhi actually went to drink happy wine together!" Which of the high-ranking people of your left guard does not have three wives and four concubines in their house, and there are thirty or forty servants and slaves in their house, where did they get the money? On the other hand, how many of you can get a daughter-in-law, and how many can keep the whole family from starving? ”

After saying this, everyone present fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, someone burst into tears.

Chen Weisong turned his head and scolded: "Wang Laoba, what the hell are you crying about?" ”

The man named Wang Laoba still howled, and shouted intermittently: "My mother, ......"

Li Zhen asked, "What's going on?" ”

Chen Weisong had to explain: "This old man wanted to escape a few days ago, but he was arrested and beaten half to death on the spot!" ”

Li Zhen asked again, "Why did you want to escape?" Could it be that there is a war, and this person escapes? ”

Chen Weisong smiled bitterly: "Where did the war come from, he fled his nationality, it was because his mother starved to death!" He ate food as a soldier and worked hard for the court, why did he even sell his life, but his mother starved to death? ”

Many of the people present knew about it, this Wang Laoba was half killed when he was arrested because he was a deserter, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little sad at that time.

Now seeing him howling and crying, all of a sudden, everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Wang Laoba's matter has always been kept secret in the guard, and now it is mentioned in public, but I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

Li Zhen beckoned to Wang Laoba and said, "Come here!" ”

Wang Laoba was a little overwhelmed, and slowly stepped forward and wiped his tears with his sleeve.

"Your mother is starving?"

"Yes, my mother is starving!"

Li Zhen said to him solemnly: "The emperor once confessed that he knew about everyone's suffering, and he wanted to apologize to everyone for what happened before, but do you dare to accept the emperor's apology?" ”

"Don't dare, don't you dare ......"

Wang Laoba immediately panicked and hurriedly waved his hand again and again.

"That's good!"

Li Zhen continued: "I, Li, am the master of my own affairs, this apology will not be said, but everyone must understand the emperor's intentions, the emperor really wants everyone to live a good life, whether it is the White Lotus Sect thieves, coastal robbers, corrupt officials, or those black-hearted officers who oppress you, they will pay the price for what they have done, and the guard will also carry out reforms in the future, what you have to do is to support the emperor's decision, from now on, no one will be oppressed, and no one's mother will be starved to death. Do you understand? ”

Before Chen Weisong could speak, Wang Laoba had already shouted: "The emperor is sage!" ”

Li Zhen took out another edict and said: "This is an edict issued by the emperor, all the guards, all the inventory, you here, the former commander and others have been subdued, their greedy land, or according to the previous rules, distributed to the people in the guard, this is the real division of the land, not to let you and your family to rent, but to re-measure, directly let your family to get the land deed." ”

"In addition, the military salary that is deducted will be paid as usual in the future, and the big and small officials in this battalion will definitely be investigated if they do a lot of evil on weekdays, but if they have made meritorious contributions in the big school field, if they are within three days, they will automatically admit their problems, and hand over the silver and land property that you should not take, and you can not blame the past, listen well, everyone can exercise the right of supervision, limited to three days, after three days, if it is reported and verified, do not blame the military law ruthlessly!

"All in all, the emperor understands your hardships, and also knows your difficulties, the military household is inferior, who doesn't know? However, why are military households inferior? Naturally, some people deliberately belittle you, and it is also because those black-hearted officers raised by sons of bitches on weekdays do not treat you as human beings, such a situation will not exist in the future, otherwise, your former commander is a living example. ”

After that, Li Zhen handed the edict in his hand to Chen Weisong, and said: "Chen Weisong, the emperor now officially appoints you as the commander of the Nanjing Left Guard, presiding over the next various matters related to the reform of the guard, I hope you will not live up to the emperor's trust in you!" ”

Chen Weisong was surprised and delighted, hurriedly knelt down, and shouted: "The minister will go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up!" ”

As soon as the soldiers heard that they really wanted to give the land deed, and that they really wanted to give the silver, they all became excited.

And those officers who have squeezed the big guys on weekdays have black faces and sigh silently.

The good days are over, and in the future, Nanjing Zuowei will change the sky.

If you want to survive, you can only obediently hand over the silver and fields that are greedy for ink, depending on the emperor's intentions, it is still too late to stand in line.

Li Zhen pressed his hand, waited for the chaotic scene to be quieter, and then said: "In addition, the army must resume drills, I have seen the personnel of the left guard, the old, weak, sick and disabled account for nearly half, how can the combat effectiveness be at all when it comes to fighting?" Therefore, those who are old and weak are allowed to leave the camp and pay for the journey. Of course, those who are willing to stay can be responsible for things like the house and handymen, and the young need to re-train and practice every day. ”

"Of course, we can't let everyone's hard work be in vain, and from now on, the standard of food will be raised to a higher level. As for other miscellaneous matters, let's deal with them one by one, all in all, the emperor has made up his mind this time, so that everyone can live a good life, eat enough, have the strength to train, have the strength to fight, and will not let the thieves, let the enemy take advantage of the situation, everyone will defend the country, sell their lives to the court, the court will never let down everyone, okay, that's all, disband! ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, but everyone refused to leave.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "What, are you worried that Lao Tzu will fool you?" Chen Weisong, let's arrange it now, and make up the arrears for everyone, and the reward will also be issued at the same time! ”

But the crowd refused to disperse.

Li Zhen's words, deep in their hearts, seem to have planted a seed, once this thing sprouts, they will be a little unwilling.

And the fate of the former commander is something that everyone has seen with their own eyes.

I thought that Chen Weisong was in trouble, but who would have thought that this time the emperor was really moving, and he really made the decision for everyone.

The silver is not an empty promise, it is really going to be sent, and it will be sent now.

In the past, as soon as everyone heard about the money, they would have lined up a long time ago.

But today, for some reason, none of them want to move.

Chen Weisong stood up and shouted, "What are you doing in a daze, go get the silver!" ”

Everyone left in a hurry, Chen Weisong explained, and then returned to Li Zhen's side, saying: "Grandpa came all the way over, and he didn't prepare anything for his humble duties, what does ......this mean?"

He was holding a stack of silver tickets in his hand, and it seemed that it was at least a few thousand taels.

Li Zhen immediately sank her face and said coldly: "Chen Weisong, didn't you understand what I just said?" ”

Seeing this, Chen Weisong's face was very embarrassed, but he didn't know if it was because he was too little, or if he was ......

"Damn, are you trying to follow your predecessor's old path?"

"No, no...... Don't get me wrong, this is ...... It's ......"

"Where did the money come from?"

"This ...... This...... It was searched from the home of the former commander......"

"What did Lao Tzu say just now, all the silver and land that officials are greedy for ink are confiscated, what are you?"

"Humiliation is just ...... Be...... On behalf of the guard, the ...... of filial piety to the grandfather"

Chen Weisong was sweating profusely, he didn't expect that he would send the silver and send something wrong, how can this be good......

"Haven't you ever seen silver as Lao Tzu?"

Li Zhen grabbed the silver ticket in his hand, smashed it on his face, and said angrily: "When Lao Tzu was raiding his house in Beijing, millions of taels of gold and silver were piled up, which can blind your dog's eyes. ”

Chen Weisong knelt down and said tremblingly, "Wrong...... It's wrong, it's wrong, please don't ...... Don't ......"

Li Zhen raised her leg and kicked over, kicked Chen Weisong to the ground, and scolded: "If it weren't for your good performance in the past few days, Lao Tzu would have removed you from your post on the spot!" ”

Where did Chen Weisong dare to say a word, he hurriedly got up, knelt down in front of Li Zhen again, and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

Actually, this can't all be blamed on him, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the military generals, this set of people and sophistication are all the same.

If you don't give benefits to Shangguan, people won't make it convenient for you, and this has always been the case.

Who knows, suddenly an unusual ......

Of course, Li Zhen also knew about this, so he said with a dark face: "The three thousand battalions will send a team to the left guard to assist you in your daily training, you fucking focus on business in the future, set an example for other guards, don't lose the emperor's face!" ”

Chen Weisong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I will fully cooperate!" ”