Zhu Yijun looked at the bare hillside in front of him, and the battalion soldiers on the hillside who carried baskets without carrying firearms, and carrying sickles and hoes instead of knives and guns, couldn't help frowning at Tian Le and the others and asked:

"This is the battalion soldiers of the Zheng Qi battalion?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it should be, except for Bing Yong, no one will come to live here."

"However, even if it is a brave soldier, from the perspective of the ministers, there should be a lot of escapes, otherwise there will be such a few people."

Tian Le replied.

Zhu Yijun then looked at the small market town under the hillside, and saw that there was only one shop in the entire small market town, and now there were officials and soldiers rushing towards that shop.

The officers and soldiers rushed over, and naturally they wanted to raid this store.

Because this store is Dangxin's grain store, it is already a reverse production.

When the officers and soldiers rushed over, the price of grain in this grain shop had already been marked at two taels of silver and one stone, which was nearly ten times higher than usual!

The more scarce the grain, the higher the grain price, especially this kind of grain shop with a background, obviously to knock out the bones of the battalion soldiers.

"What do you want to do, do you know who our owner is?"

Song Xinglong, the shopkeeper of this grain store, was not afraid when he saw the appearance of the official army, and immediately gathered a group of thugs and asked with a knife in his hand.

"Your proprietor Dang Xin has been ordered by His Majesty to pursue the official edict, crush the bones and scatter ashes, and the family property must be confiscated into the official first, and then decide whether to return it according to whether the income is illegally obtained or not."

"Now your store will also be confiscated, and you must not resist the decree, otherwise you will be killed!"

Wang Jun, the general who was in charge of copying this grain store, said in a deep voice at this time.

Song Xinglong's face turned pale on the spot.

"He who wields the sword puts down the gun and the sword! Otherwise, there will be no mercy! ”

Wang Jun then shouted again.

These thugs did not dare to resist, and hurriedly put down the firearms and knives.

Wang Jun immediately waved his hand, and asked his officers and soldiers to collect these guns and knives, and then asked Song Xinglong: "Where did these guns and knives come from?" ”

"Bought from the battalion."

Song Xinglong replied.

After hearing this, Wang Jun instructed: "Register the number of the firecracker." ”

"Yes!"

Then, Wang Jun asked Song Xinglong: "What is the origin of these gunslingers?" ”

Song Xinglong replied: "I was originally a battalion soldier, but now I have become our Dongweng's family." ”

"Why can they become the family members of Dang Xin?"

Wang Jun asked again.

"They stuffed the younger one with silver, or gave the younger sister-in-law and daughter-in-law to the younger one."

Song Xinglong replied.

After hearing this, Wang Jun ordered: "Record! Take down all these people who are not soldiers of the imperial court camp but pay bribes to be bureaucratic private soldiers! ”

"The court doesn't pay us military salaries, our whole family can't eat enough, if we don't do this, what else can we do, it's good if we don't make the court! Why do you want to arrest us! ”

At this time, the family Ding was very unconvinced and said it loudly.

"Although you have your last resort, the state has its own laws, the army has military regulations, and the battalion soldiers are not allowed to sell and rent the firearms they are equipped with to others, and they are not allowed to concurrently hold other positions or even run other businesses without asking permission, which is stipulated by the holy decree, and for this reason, this official must be ordered to take you!"

"If you dare to disobey, you will still be killed!"

At this time, Wang Jun continued to speak loudly.

The family members fell silent immediately.

Today's firearms in the Ming Dynasty can only be manufactured by factories under the Ordnance Bureau under the direct management of the central court, and each firearm made has a number, and it will be registered in the hands of every soldier.

Therefore, the Ming court can now trace back to which officer and soldier each firearm that suddenly appeared on the market was lost.

Now, Wang Jun will also let people number the firearms that have been collected.

Next, the officials and troops led by Wang Jun raided the store and transported all the grain.

Song Xinglong, who had limited knowledge, was not very embarrassed when he saw this scene, he didn't expect that such a big official as Dang Xin would be defeated.

"Let's take the stolen grain and distribute it to these battalion soldiers who are still in the camp!"

"Fortunately, the rebels in Ningxia in the north didn't come here, otherwise, the battalion soldiers would have been cut to eat soil and bark, so what combat effectiveness could there be? Even if there is a newly created wind-chasing big gun, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop Hu Lu, and the officials and soldiers who do not turn around and follow the court can be regarded as having a conscience. ”

Zhu Yijun was copied in this grain store, and looked at the yellow-faced and thin battalion soldiers in Zheng Qi's camp and gave orders.

Tian Le said yes here.

And not too often.

The new guerrilla Zhang Zhirong gathered on the school field with the remaining battalion soldiers of Zheng Qi's battalion and lined up to receive food.

Zhu Yijun sat on the high platform in the school yard and watched this scene.

Tian Le personally pronounced the emperor's message to these battalions of soldiers who received food below, and the content of the oracle was nothing more than that the emperor already knew their situation, and told them that the culprit of all this was Dang Xin, and now the emperor had disposed of him, and personally came to give them food and silver, and hoped that they could continue to be loyal to the king and serve the country, and not fall into the ambition of making meritorious contributions.

The soldiers of Zheng Qi's battalion, like the poor clans in Xi'an City in the past, cried after receiving food and silver, and even looked at Zhu Yijun's eyes full of gratitude.

When a person squeezes too hard for too long, even if it is to restore his legitimate rights and interests and make up for the benefits he deserves, it seems to have become a gift to this person.

Why are the ordinary soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty easily moved?

The reason is that they have been treated as cattle and horses for too long!

Even if the time span is extended to hundreds of years and thousands of years, the time when they are not treated as human beings actually occupies most of the entire history of hundreds and thousands of years.

Therefore, they have become accustomed to being oppressed and not being looked at as a human being.

When the ruler gives them a little favor, they feel that it is an unexpected grace and that it is not normal.

Even if they suddenly give them what they should have earned, they will even be a little resistant and uncomfortable, feeling that the ruler suddenly treats them as human beings, and there must be a greater intention.

On the contrary, if they are not treated as human beings, they will feel comfortable and normal.

This is the same as a person who has not been loved since he was a child, but when he grows up, he is easily moved, and even afraid of others showing kindness to him.

Even, the same person is not cared for, and it is easier to tolerate the evil of others, and he will ask himself to be kinder and more tolerant.

Especially after experiencing too many situations in troubled times, the thinking of the entire Han nation will become, as long as anyone gives a peaceful world, even if it is a dog, and take the initiative to discipline everyone to be kind and don't toss.

"It's not going to be the Tartars who killed us, right?"

Then.

As soon as the battalion soldier called Lu Liang couldn't help but ask his boss Luo Lang, the sentinel.

Luo Lang also said with some trepidation: "Then when you get the food back, everyone will cook it immediately, eat more, and eat to your heart's content, so that even if you are dragged down tomorrow to fight the Tartars, you don't have to be a starving ghost if you die in battle, at least you still have a full meal!" Who made us die, Your Majesty knows that letting us eat enough and then sending us to death has a lot of conscience than those big officials who let us fight hungry! ”

Night.

When Zhu Yijun stayed in Zheng Qiying overnight, he heard the sound of sharpening knives.

"What's going on, is someone trying to make trouble?"

Zhu Yijun summoned Tian Le to ask.

Tian Le replied: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, the minister has already inquired, there are many battalions thinking that they are going to kill the Tartars, so they are preparing to sharpen their knives faster." ”

"Why do they think so?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, because they feel that Your Majesty suddenly would rather kill Governor Dang Xin and let them have a full meal, just so that they can be sent to death, otherwise they would not think of letting them eat to their heart's content, and they will also get money for their families."

Tian Le replied.

Zhu Yijun was silent for a long time after hearing this, and only asked Tian Le after a while: "Then quickly tell them, I don't plan to let them kill any Tartars, and the Tartars are not so powerful, they will kill here, the army of the Marquis of Tieling and the army of the Son of Heaven led by the Marquis of Nanchang are still in front of them, even if they kill the Tartars, it will not be their turn." ”

"The minister has asked Zhang Zhirong to convey it, but there are still battalion soldiers who don't believe it, they just think that the court is to stabilize the morale of the army, so they refuse to admit the truth, in their opinion, it must not be good to be so good to them today."

Tian Le replied.

"Did I think so badly of them?!"

Zhu Yijun suddenly asked sharply.

"If you show kindness to your soldiers and people, you must have a different purpose?"

Zhu Yijun then sneered again and asked.

"Your Majesty is angry!"

"Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, this kind of accumulation of hundreds of years of malpractice cannot be completely corrected at once, and the image of the imperial court among the military and civilians cannot be completely improved all at once, especially after the scourge of corrupt officials like Dang Xin and Quan Dingyue, it is even more unclear that the current imperial court is not the imperial court of the past."

Tian Le gave up his hand to comfort Zhu Yijun at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun left Zheng Qiying the next day.

……

"Your Majesty is gone?"

"Fuyuan also left?"

"You're not going to let us go north to kill the Tartars?"

The next day, after learning that Emperor Zhu Yijun had left, the battalion soldiers of Zheng Qi's battalion were very surprised and talked about it.

Therefore, the official academy in the camp came directly to ask the main general Zhang Zhirong what the situation was.

Zhang Zhirong said to these people: "I said a long time ago, Your Majesty doesn't want you to kill the Tartars to make up for your arrears, subsidize your food, and give you cotton winter clothes, but just to comfort us border soldiers. ”

As soon as Zhang Zhirong said this, coupled with the fact that the royal car was really far away, slowly heading east on the red and willow-green March official road, the battalion soldiers of the Daming Zheng Banner Battalion really believed it, and they were really moved, and they were really happy.

Because although this matter is only to make up the arrears and distribute some food, in essence, it makes the battalion soldiers have a sense of respect to be looked at as a person.

Therefore, many battalion soldiers were even more moved by this.

"Great, it didn't mean that we were going to die!"

"Your Majesty really cares about us."

Some battalion soldiers also climbed the hill in groups of three or five, and watched the direction of the emperor's departure with tears streaming down their eyes.

Some of them also ran all the way over, following far behind, as if they wanted to take a closer look at the Son of Heaven.

(End of chapter)