"Today's minister talked about the fine willow affairs of the Han Wen Emperor's labor army, just to make His Majesty understand that the ancients said that although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous. Today, the peace has been long, the armament has been abolished, and the generals are subject to the control of the scribes, which is the same as the slaves. ”

"And such a general, he can't maintain his sharp spirit on weekdays, so why should he be charged with the courage to rush when facing the enemy?"

"Therefore, the minister hopes that Your Majesty will pay attention to the military generals from now on."

"For those who are loyal and brave, we should give a little more authority, so that they will not be subject to the clerical officials, but can exert their command and strategy skills, and they can better face the enemy's orders and strictly order the soldiers to use their lives."

"And only military merit rewards and rewards generals, and not for negligence, and the punishment for crimes should also be treated fairly."

"But for those who dare to do things, they can't be severely punished because of a defeat, but should be encouraged and used cautiously, and they can't only tolerate civil servants and be harsh on military generals. so as not to sink the morale of the officials. ”

Zhang Juzheng said this to Zhu Yijun at this time.

Zhu Yijun nodded frequently.

Being able to say things like "generals are subject to civil servants, but they are like slaves", Zhu Yijun has to admit that Zhang Juzheng, a civil servant, is indeed different from many civil servants, and he can be regarded as jumping out of the framework of the interests of the civil servants and doctors, but is really thinking about whether the military of himself, the emperor and the entire Ming Dynasty, can be strong.

"That's what the gentleman said."

"I recently read the history of the Song Dynasty and saw the words 'the Son of Heaven, the strong and the strong are for it', and the words 'on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly', and I feel that although these remarks are tyrannical, they also seem to be reasonable."

"I should be like holding the scales, if you want to make the scales constant, you need to have great strength, and the foundation of this strength, although in the hearts of the people in the world, but reflected in whether there are the strongest soldiers and horses, in addition, the ruling country should always be vigilant against the emergence of strong neighbors around, and the intention of watching the Central Plains, so that the society is not peaceful."

"Therefore, since I am the Son of Heaven, I should control the strongest soldiers and horses in the world, so that the four seas will fear and obey me!"

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng when he said this: "I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng didn't speak, but Zhang Hong first showed a worried look in his eyes and looked at Zhang Juzheng.

And Zhang Juzheng said after pondering for a moment: "What Your Majesty said is the enlightenment that the emperor should have!" Although the Son of Heaven should govern the country in a royal way, he should also have the power of all directions in Kyushu! When necessary, use domineering techniques, but the male lord should do it. ”

"It's just that Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and a word can bless the world or bring disaster to the world, so although Your Majesty can cause millions of lives to be destroyed in anger, you should be cautious about using domineering techniques. The greatest value of the so-called strong force is to deter and make those who do not obey obey Your Majesty and act according to the laws laid down by Your Majesty, and not only to destroy them. ”

"The way to achieve long-term peace and stability in the country is not to blindly use strength, but to adapt the current government to the present."

Zhang Hong breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, his eyes showed surprise.

Zhu Yijun also had to admit that Zhang Juzheng was indeed different from the sour and rotten Confucian, and did not stop some of the domineering techniques he advocated, but just asked him, the emperor, to be both rigid and soft, to know that this world is not the survival of the strong, but the survival of the fittest.

It is necessary not only to have strong strength, but also to flexibly adapt to the actual conditions, to use strong when it should be strong, and to be soft when it should be soft.

Because there are many empires in history that have indeed died because of strength.

In Zhu Yijun's view, when Zhang Juzheng opened a small stove for himself, he was truly receiving imperial education.

"That's what the gentleman said. But it is necessary to be strong, and I can not be reckless, but I must have the ability to assert my might all over the world. ”

Zhu Yijun replied.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhang Juzheng said.

Zhu Yijun said: "In this case, I am determined to summon young generals or enter Beijing to defend martial arts, and the imperial court will choose to train the old marshals in a unified manner, so as to strengthen their strategies, and I will personally show their grace, and not let them only be educated by their father and brother, but also make them dare to question the courage of the civil ministers, and at the same time, let them know the righteousness and understand the literature and science, so that in the future, in the general righteousness of governing the army and loyalty to the monarch, they will not be subject to the civil ministers because their words and expositions are not as articulate as the civil officials." ”

"In addition, the old marshal of the general will revitalize the martial arts of Jingwei, recruit the children of good families in the world to enter the martial arts, not limited to military households and civilian households, and select the brave soldiers of the battalion recruited by the outstanding soldiers to enroll in the school, in order to train outstanding generals in the future."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun said: "In addition, if you want to make the soldiers brave and advocate military merits, you should consider the worries of the disabled or old retirees, so I plan to set up an inspection and selection department in each of the five military governors' mansions to share the responsibility for the selection of disabled officers and soldiers in the world, and select the disabled officers and soldiers as civil and military officials in the rear together with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. ”

"Also, it is proposed that the Ministry of War discuss new awards for various military merits, rather than rewarding silver with the first rank just for convenience."

"The system of rewarding people by the first rank should be abolished, not to mention that rewarding silver only by the first rank is easy to make the generals kill the good and risky merits, and it will not make the meritorious service earners have their own heart to be valuable for their meritorious deeds."

The former will only let the officers and soldiers have only financial gains, on the contrary, the latter will not only let the officers and soldiers know that meritorious service can not only have financial gains, but also become nobles, glorify their ancestors, and then be different from the white body, and are more willing to protect the country and the country, after all, as long as the Ming Dynasty is here, their titles are there."

"And in this case, the title of duke and earl is not enough, not to mention ordinary officers and soldiers, it is not enough to get this nobleman, and there should be more various officials with poor grades to show their merits."

"Even if it is not enough to confer knighthood for the time being, it can also set up gold and silver medals for military merit to declare the rank of meritorious service, which is manifested as a national meritorious service and respected by the people of the world, rather than simply rewarding silver and making it spend when it is spent, and even its merits are obliterated, which cannot inspire children."

"Of course, such a title will be flooded, so it should be lowered to save the national treasury."

After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, he said: "If Mr. has no place to add advice, and issue an order." ”

Zhu Yijun has long intended to change the military system, but he has been waiting for someone to be willing to implement it for him.

And now that Zhang Juzheng is willing to worship martial arts, Zhu Yijun has also put forward his own idea.

Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Hong were both stunned at this time.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has no objection, and the minister will follow the order!"

Zhang Juzheng replied after a while.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Then Yu Dayou in Beijing will be added a first-level official rank, and Lu Bo and other veterans will be selected by the military department, and then the cabinet will also add a first-level official rank, and enter the Beijing Weiwu School as the chief instructor, in addition, let the military department give priority to the outstanding generals and non-commissioned officers of each town, to be balanced, not to favor a town." ”

"However, Li Rusong from Liaodong must be transferred to Beijing, as well as Ma Gui and Chen Lan, these three people may be relied on by the country in the future, and they should focus on cultivating their talents."

Zhang Juzheng said yes.

In the afternoon, after Zhang Juzheng went to the cabinet and conveyed Zhu Yijun's edict to the cabinet, Lu Tiaoyang was quite shocked and said: "Uncle, you let the Son of Heaven do this, it is obviously a policy to worship military equipment and strengthen the Son of Heaven to control the generals, and it is also a policy to let the world re-emphasize military force from now on, which is really conducive to the long-term stability of the society?" ”

Lu Tiaoyang thought that these were all Zhang Juzheng's meanings, after all, Emperor Zhu Yijun was still young, where did he think so comprehensively, so he asked.

Because Zhang Siwei was not in the cabinet at this time, Zhang Juzheng also said bluntly: "He Qing thinks that the world's elite soldiers will be more able to make the world safe by the Son of Heaven, or will the big clan be more able to make the world safe?" ”

"What's more, Tan Zili was not wrong in front of the emperor in the past, but now he doesn't take advantage of the peace in the world to be strong, but when the captives are strong and I am weak, I am afraid that the captives will not give us this opportunity;"

"In addition, if we don't take advantage of the abundant national funds to strengthen our armaments now, the national funds accumulated now will only be greedy for ink or squandered for the palace in the future."

Lu Tiaoyang nodded: "Uncle wants to say that when the Son of Heaven is young and his spirit is flourishing, but his material desires are not flourishing, he will use the wealth increased by the restructuring to strengthen the army?" ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded.

After hearing this, Lu Tiaoyang said: "Uncle is really working for the country!" ”

"Heqing has a reputation."

"In fact, Your Majesty has already had a strategy in mind, most of the edict I just passed on is what the Son of Heaven thinks, and it should be carefully read from all kinds of governing documents of the past dynasties, otherwise how can I think so thoroughly."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

"The key is to be willing to think so thoroughly, the Son of Heaven seems to be more serious than us old ministers!"

Lu Tiaoyang Road.

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "What He Qing said is very true, this is indeed incredible. But this is a good thing, perhaps His Majesty knows that the past generations are the result of not knowing how to plan for a rainy day. ”

"Yes, however, there is no problem in this strategy, but I am afraid that in the future, the financial resources will be insufficient, so that all kinds of systems will exist in name only!"

Lu Tiaoyang Road.

"A generation can only do the things of a generation, where is there a long-term peace and stability!"

"In any case, a few years of good governance while the national fortunes are prosperous can at least last for a longer period of time."

"At least, if you do this, when Li Rusong, Ma Gui, and Chen Lan mentioned by Your Majesty will be the coach of one side in the future, Huang Ming may still be able to suppress the four seas."

Zhang Juzheng said.

…

But when these wills were transmitted to Liaodong, Li Chengliang said to Li Rusong very excitedly: "This is an opportunity!" ”

Li Rusong said: "What does my father mean? ”

"Qi Yuanjing is known to His Majesty because of his resistance to the Japanese, and now that you are in Beijing and are consulted by Your Majesty, you can naturally be in the emperor's heart, and then let Your Majesty not only know the southern soldiers of the Qi family in the future, but also know the northern soldiers of my Li family."

"You know, sooner or later, this world will still be ruled by His Majesty!"

As he spoke, Li Chengliang took out the key and opened a cabinet, took out a bow wrapped in brocade and a gold-inlaid wooden box from it, and took out a set of Song version of the Four Books Collection from the other cabinet.

"You take these two treasures that your father treasures into Beijing, and see the right time when you face the saint, if the Son of Heaven asks you about the military, it means that the Son of Heaven worships martial arts, and you will dedicate your father's bow to the Son of Heaven!"

"If the Son of Heaven asks you if you also read, it means that the Son of Heaven rewrites the text, and you will dedicate these four books to the annotations, and say that you have worshiped famous teachers to learn the teachings of sages and sages."

Li Chengliang instructed.

Li Rusong nodded.