My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 455

Zhao Jing didn’t dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said: “Thank you for your kindness.”

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

Jin Zhong pondered for a moment, and said: “Your Majesty, I think… there is nothing wrong with it.”

“Oh?” Zhu Di was a little surprised.

This was really unexpected. He originally thought that Jin Zhong would strongly oppose it.

After all, the Minister of the Ministry of War is very sensitive to the matter of being knighted.

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

Zhu Di smiled and said: “Jin Qing is also open.”

Jin Zhongdao: “The imperial court has millions of officers and soldiers. The manpower and material resources spent by these millions of officers and soldiers every year are really incalculable. Not only do they need to grant them land to farm, but they also need to spend a lot of energy on horse administration. Now they have to purchase a lot of firearms, provide them with rations, and other rewards are beyond count.”

After a pause, Jin Zhong continued: “What is the purpose of expending so much energy? It is to protect the peace of my Ming Dynasty, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. I have witnessed the military exploits of the model battalion with my own eyes. As for In fact, I only learned about the military training method of the model battalion now from His Highness the Crown Prince, and as His Highness the Crown Prince said, such shocking methods are indeed worthy of praise and promotion.”

“If your Majesty only rewards some marquises and a little money, the officers and soldiers of the world will know that if they can follow the example of the model battalion, they will also be able to become marquises and worship ministers in the future. , then… For the imperial court, it is really gratifying to get a million elites instead of losing a few awards.”

Jin Zhong pondered for a moment, and then said: “I am in charge of the Ministry of War, and I have always opposed the court’s excessive rewards. But I am not a stingy person. As your Majesty, I should learn to calculate this account in front of the Ministry of War. , which rewards should not be spent, and which ones must be spent, but I still understand.”

Zhu Di nodded and said: “Yes, money must be spent wisely, and rewards are the same. Back then, if there was such a battalion of warriors, why did it take years to reach Nanjing? How much disaster has caused the world, and how much money and food has been consumed by the southern and northern armies. From this we can see that the importance of elite soldiers. Today I want to buy bones with thousands of dollars, and I want to teach the world to know that what I have is rewards, and there is nothing I can’t bear. If the model camp can succeed, what are these rewards?”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di asked Zhu Yong vigorously: “How many thousand households are there in the camp?”

Zhu Yong was taken aback when he heard this, and stammered: “Ten…thirteen people…”

Zhu Di said grandly: “Boss. As for you… I will order you to be a marquis again. In the future, if you conquer your father’s duke, you, the marquis, can be passed on to your second son. There is a duke in your Zhu family. , a marquis, hereditary no replacement!”

The top titles of the Ming Dynasty should be the two Dukes of the Xu family, that is, Duke Wei and Duke Ding of the brothers of the Xu family.

And after Zhu Yong became the Duke of the state, he got a hereditary marquis for no reason, but he couldn’t help being shocked, and was speechless for a while.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Fu again: “I also give you a Marquis.”

Zhang Fu’s body trembled slightly.

His elder brother Zhang Fu is now the Duke of England. 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 prince.

Of course, by virtue of his military exploits, he had already won the title of earl, but now he was granted the title of marquis again, which was a surprise.

Zhang Fu seemed extraordinarily excited. After passing the door, what he was thinking about was to be the Marquis and pay homage to the prime minister.

So he hurriedly said: “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness.”

Zhu Di glanced at Qiu Song, and said: “He should follow the same example. We must issue an edict and announce it to the world.”

After all, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi and said: “The prince has been in the camp for several months. Originally, the Zhan Shifu was impossible without the prince. But right now, it is important for the prince to take care of his body. Today, I allow the prince to rest for five days. After a few days, I will still go back to the model camp to listen to it.”

Zhu Gaochi looked surprised, but he didn’t know how to respond.

Now, he is quite used to the life in the model camp, but someone who has a family and a business can’t stay in the camp all day long.

What’s more, he couldn’t figure out what his father made such a decision, but he didn’t know what it meant?

Seeing Zhu Gaochi’s uneasy look, Zhu Di said: “When I was in King Yan, the Taizu Emperor Gao once said that no noble son could be raised in the palace, so he ordered me to town Beiping, and served in the army several times. Attacking the desert can be described as half a life as a soldier.”

Speaking of this, Zhu Di looked into Zhu Gaochi’s eyes with a little more expectation, and said: “You are my son, and today’s peace, compared to my original situation, I don’t know how many times better. Now… let you continue to be here Camp, one is to take care of the body. The other is that it will be of great benefit to you, so learn it carefully, there will be no mistakes.”

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di’s concerned eyes, and had no choice but to say: “I obey the order.”

It was only then that Zhu Di remembered that today’s serious business seemed to be entertaining the Tatar and Wala Khans, so he laughed and said, “This Urig is also a hero, so I will give him one hundred thousand gold. But it is still a man, and I will give you fifty thousand gold.”

San Khan looked grateful and hurriedly thanked him.

Zhu Di was obviously in a particularly good mood today, and immediately went to the banquet.

He left Zhang Anshi alone.

The three of Zhu Yong also left with the officials.

These brothers are all named marquises today, and they are naturally in a good mood, and they are all very airy.

Zhu Yong said: “I understand now.”

Zhang Fu asked curiously: “Second brother understand what?”

Zhu Yong said: “Brother has a clever plan, I am afraid that we have expected this blessing, this credit is given to us by the elder brother, it is strange to say, it turns out that it is a great credit to train His Royal Highness the Prince, in this way, in the future we will have Do it well.”

Zhang Fu touched his head, and seemed to have figured out the context: “Second brother, are we still training well?”

“In the past, he was too kind and suffered too little. Didn’t your majesty say that? When he was in the desert, that was called suffering. Compared with it, what is this?” Zhu Yong said seriously.

“But…” Zhang Fu said with hesitation: “Will this make His Royal Highness hate us?”

During speaking, Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu looked at each other, and then both eyes fell on Qiu Song who crossed his hands.

It seems that all of a sudden, he has another idea.

Zhu Yong said: “In my opinion, His Royal Highness is considered qualified in the infantry battalion. He is best at arithmetic. It is more suitable to be transferred to the artillery battalion.”

Qiu Song: “…”

Zhang Fu’s eyes lit up: “Ah… yes, yes, it’s time to add a burden to His Highness. His Royal Highness must be very pleased to hear that, so it’s decided.”

Qiu Song: “…”

…

Yang Rong and others all returned to Wenyuan Pavilion.

In the evening, Jin Zhong came to see him.

Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War, needs to come to Wenyuan Pavilion to go through a procedure because it involves a large number of military officials to be knighted.

However, it is not necessary for him, Minister of the Ministry of War, to come here in person. He insisted on coming here, obviously wanting to listen to the suggestions of the gentlemen of Wenyuan Pavilion.

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

Everyone sat down and held tea with each other. First they talked about the weather, and then they talked about the flooding of the Huaihe River and the severe drought in Henan.

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

Even Taiping Mansion was actually within the scope of the disaster. After all, the Huaihe River was flooded, and Taiping Mansion also suffered a lot of losses.

“Fortunately, the national treasury is abundant now. If not, the people will suffer. We should ask Your Majesty to take out some silver from the internal funds and help them together. In this way, we can tide over the difficulties together. It is.” Jin Youzi said.

Hu Guang frowned: “Hey…”

Jin Youzi said: “Why is Mr. Hu sighing?”

Hu Guangdao: “In the affairs of the imperial court, they are always reaching out to ask for money. They don’t know… they are soft on people’s hands, and they are soft on their mouths… If things go on like this, the imperial court will be restrained everywhere when it uses money…”

He shook his head, worried about it.

Hu Guang is a traditional Confucian scholar-bureaucrat. They are a group of scholars. This group has self-awareness, so it also gave birth to a set of national systems that they think are reasonable.

For example, the separation of the treasury from the internal funds, civil servants can control the money and grain of the treasury. And the emperor controls the internal funds, so he naturally lives his own life.

Once the emperor ran out of silver and was short of money, he would of course do everything possible to reach out to the treasury. In this way, a game between the palace and the officials was formed. Such things are not uncommon in history.

However, since the money bag is held, the emperor has needs from others, and the treasury is needed to make up for the emperor’s selfish desires, then it is necessary to make some concessions to the civil servants in some places, thus achieving a delicate balance.

But now, it is clear that the situation is exactly the opposite.

The national treasury is insufficient, but the wealth of the internal funds is unknown how many times that of the national treasury. He controls the soldiers and horses of the world, controls the royal guards, and at the same time holds the money bag emperor, and his power surpasses almost 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 funds to rescue the emergency. This is obviously completely contrary to the concept of civil servants.

Hearing this, Jin Zhong smiled and said, “Where does the money come from? Why is the national treasury in a deficit? After all, isn’t it just that there is no money? The money and food in the world have gone again. Where, Mr. Hu can’t figure it out? From my point of view, Mr. Hu is pretending to be confused. To say that you are under the control of others is a rebellious statement. Of course, Mr. Hu is straightforward, so you don’t have to worry about it. But where does the money go? Yes, but you know me and everyone in the world knows it.”

Hu Guang said depressedly: “I’m just complaining, why does Jin Gong have to be reasonable and care about others?”

Jin Zhongdao: “If there is injustice, there will be a cry. I see, some people have no way out.”

Hu Guang pursed his lips and remained silent.

This is actually a very painful feeling. On the one hand, the things that he believed in at first have already been riddled with holes. In fact, Hu Guang himself does not believe in these things.

He knows better than anyone else that no one can hide the achievements brought by the New Deal, and the only way out for the world seems to be the New Deal.

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

This is digging my own grave!

Jin Zhong said with a smile: “If it wasn’t for the fact that the old man is now the Minister of the Ministry of War, I would really like to make a fortune for the princes. Well, let’s talk about serious things. The Ministry of War, the regulations were drafted in two days, but it was Uncle Hou’s The name, but still needs to be discussed with the princes.”

Yang Rong was surprisingly silent today. In fact, there is no point in saying anything at this time. He knows that Hu Guang is like a drowning person at this time, you have to make people howl a few times, you can’t let people howl when someone is about to die mentally!

This is too cruel, but Yang Rong has a kind heart.

At times like this, unreasonable complaints are unavoidable, just follow up and say yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

At this time, since Jin Zhong was talking about business, Yang Rong said: “Let the Ministry of Rites decide on this matter. Liu Butang… has drawn up the regulations, and I will discuss it later.”

Hu Guangdao: “Aren’t there too many knights this time?”

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

Jin Youzi pondered for a moment and said: “If what the prince said is true, he will teach the officers and soldiers in the army to read and write, and the way of family and country. Isn’t this the first of its kind in the world? The sage Confucius said that there is no distinction between teaching and learning. Even the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty know propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, I am afraid that they should be praised. Hu Gong, your Majesty’s mind, I understand very well that this is a thousand dollars to buy a bone, and a few dozen titles in the area can be trusted. As far as I am concerned, That’s a good thing.”

Hu Guang was obviously worried, and said: “What they teach in the camp may not be…”

Jin Youzi said: “But there are also many allusions about 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, as if thinking of something, and finally said: “Well, there is nothing wrong with that, and Zhang Anshi has indeed done a good deed, I admit it!”

Yang Rong smiled and said, “Does Mr. Hu admit defeat?”

Hu Guang raised his eyebrows, and said eloquently: “A gentleman can’t even tell right from wrong?”

Everyone is still chattering here.

On the other end, the half-drunk Zhu Di took a sip of tea at this time. The warm tea, with a faint tea fragrance, made him sober up a bit.

He looked at Zhang Anshi, and said after a long while: “The prince can do this, and my heart is relieved.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: “His Royal Highness has always…”

Before Zhang Anshi could finish speaking, Zhu Di waved his hands and said, “You don’t have to always speak well of him, he has been kind to you in nurturing you, so you must speak for him everywhere. It’s just my own son, his strengths and Were I not aware of the shortcoming? Now that he has this insight and is in good health, I am indeed very pleased.”

While speaking, Zhu Di had a slight smile on his lips, which shows that he is indeed in a very good mood today. It should be said that Zhu Gaochi’s changes today made him feel extremely comforted.

Zhang An Shidao: “Your Majesty said so.”

Zhu Di said again: “It’s just these things, why didn’t you talk to me beforehand?”

“This…” Zhang Anshi drooped his head and said, “I have a lot of things to do right now. The matter of His Royal Highness in the model camp, I actually…”

Zhu Di sighed and said, “It’s really hard for you. In terms of love, he is like your father and brother. But in terms of reason, you have to teach him to temper well in the camp. I’m afraid you can’t bear it.” , that’s why you can’t bear to ask?”

Zhang An Shidao: “Your Majesty understands your subjects.”

Zhu Di said: “I decided to let the prince stay in the model camp for a few more days. On the one hand, it is good for him to exercise his body again, which is good for him. Secondly, teaching him the suffering of officers and soldiers in the army will benefit him in the future. It’s also very helpful. These things…you don’t have to ask in the future, just teach him to understand by himself.”

Zhang Anshi said: “Yes.”

Zhu Di then 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 received rewards, but he, the person who personally sent the prince to the model camp for training, was ignored instead.

Of course, he still wants to save face, so he put on a calm look and said: “I don’t have any credit…”

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, “I’m old. Although everyone calls it Long Live, people’s birth, old age, sickness and death, no matter how many Long Live they read, cannot be changed. I respect the Heavenly Father, and I only want to do something for my descendants for the rest of my life, so that the future will be better.” When I die, I can see Emperor Taizu Gao, and I will never teach him to be scolded by the old man.”

Zhang Anshidao: “If Emperor Taizu Gao knew about His Majesty’s achievements, he would be so happy.”

Zhu Di smiled and said: “You are wrong, Emperor Taizu Gao, the most important thing is his own children and grandchildren. I can’t say these words to outsiders, so I will simply talk to you today. I am the heir of Emperor Gaozu, he Of course I love me, but Zhu Yunqi and others…how could Emperor Taizu not love me? I know what I have done, even though Jing Nan did it as a last resort. not necessarily.”

Zhang Anshi was directly silenced.

You know, in the past, His Majesty has repeatedly declared that he is the favorite son of Emperor Taizu Gao, and Emperor Gao of Taizu had no choice but to give the throne to Emperor Jianwen, but now, he has succeeded in the Datong, which can be regarded as the success of Taizu Emperor Gao’s wish.

Regarding this, everyone knows it well, and naturally, whether it is Zhang Anshi or others, they all said with a smile, Your Majesty is right, I was the lice on the head of Emperor Taizu Gao at that time. Think so.

But who knows, Zhu Di lied to him all his life, and people like Zhang Anshi also lied to Zhu Di for half his life.

Turning his head, he suddenly told the truth.

Zhang Anshi is very embarrassed, what should he say at this time?

Your Majesty, aren’t you playing tricks on everyone?

Zhang Anshi’s thoughts were spinning in his mind a thousand times. He was a little unsure whether this question was a proposition, and he was afraid that he might accidentally answer it wrong.

After struggling for a long time, he finally took a deep breath and finally said: “It is precisely because of this that I feel lucky.”

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise, he felt that what Zhang Anshi said was out of his mind.