[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

When she woke up again, there were only two crying granddaughters around her. Seeing her eyes opened, she jumped up and cried, "Grandmother!"

She glanced around and found a dilapidated room, only the place where she was lying was clean.My daughter-in-law came in from outside with the medicine, and seeing her awake, she said pleasantly, "Mother, are you awake?"

"Where is this?"

"This is an abandoned house. It was General Du of the imperial court who rescued my mother and placed her here." The daughter-in-law was also very happy. She heard that the imperial soldiers and horses had recovered Jiujiang City, thinking that her mother-in-law had died She was doomed, but she didn't know that her mother-in-law was so lucky to meet General Du and escaped death.

When she got better, she was going to take her daughter-in-law to thank this little general Du, but Du Ruo declined.

Seeing that everyone in the hall was looking at him, Du Ruozheng said: "I believe you all know the policy of the imperial court towards the Northwest Army. Surrenders are not killed, and they are allowed to disarm and return to the field. How do you treat the soldiers, let alone the common people below. They We are the people of Ming Dynasty. We are already suffering enough to be bullied by the rebels. How can we repeat the atrocities committed by the rebels? The Japanese nobleman once said that those who will be rewarded by head, as long as there are women and children among them If the head counts, the merit will be lowered. As long as the lord can capture the enemy army, he will pay another reward. I mean here, my lord will do the same today, I don’t know if Mr. Wang has any objections?"

Wang Shouren himself had agreed to this matter with Du Ruo, but Wang Shouren couldn't agree to it.He agreed, and the reinforcements from other places below may not be able to agree to such a thing. Immediately, an older general contradicted: "We have fought wars, and since ancient times, we have judged meritorious deeds according to the head. Layman, if you don’t understand the meaning here, it’s better not to talk nonsense.”

Du Ruo sneered and said: "I am indeed a layman, and I really don't understand the meaning of this. It is precisely because I don't know that I have to change it, so I can change it. You take the salary of the imperial court, and the imperial court supports you. Ming people, it’s not for you to kill innocent people indiscriminately and pretend to be the leader of the army. Today I will change this thousand-year-old bad habit, you, accept it! Or refuse to accept it!”

In the past, there were many bad habits in the Japanese army, the biggest one being irregular military discipline.It often happens that the counter-insurgency is more aggressive than the rebellion.Zhu Houzhao wanted to change, but with little success.If Du Ruo doesn't care about what's going on in the places he can't see, he must take care of what he can see.

The others were still waiting to make a fuss, but when they saw that they were the only ones talking, and everyone was silent, they lost all confidence and had to sit down angrily.

Seeing that the scene finally calmed down, Du Ruo said: "Some generals may not have heard what I said that day. The emperor has already agreed to this. The gold and silver property of the rebels, except for the things made by imperial orders, will be used as military pay at that time. Distributed to reinforcements from all walks of life. There is only one condition, that is, there must be absolutely no such things as killing civilians and pretending to be leaders. The emperor wants to see a complete Jiangxi, not a scorched earth that was double ravaged by King Ning and the court. The emperor Your high hopes, do you know?"

Du Ruo's plan is two-handed.Even if it wasn't Zhu Houzhao's will, when the various armies invaded Nanchang, Prince Ning's mansion would inevitably be looted.It's better to use such a false name in exchange for their not killing innocent people indiscriminately.Another point, if there is no such a decree, these things must be the distribution of spoils among the few armies that invaded Nanchang first.But now they belong to all the reinforcements in name, and everyone is staring at them. Some people will inevitably restrain their appearance, so as not to be too ugly.

He hit a stick like this and then gave a sweet date, everyone was convinced.

The night was getting dark, Zhu Houzhao was still reviewing the memorial, and Liu Jian was writing a summary of the battle reports of the past few days below him.Zhu Houzhao moved his stiff wrist and called, "Jing Lian, steam two bowls of hot milk here." Jing hurriedly agreed to go out, and brought the things in after a while. One cup was placed in front of Zhu Houzhao, and the other was placed on the table. In front of Liu Jian.

"Master Liu, take a break for a while and drink a glass of milk to relieve fatigue."

Liu Jian quickly thanked him, moved all the documents aside, and brought the milk over to drink.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly thought of Liu Donglai, and asked Liu Jian, "Is Cheng En still in good health? I heard that the family hired many doctors two days ago, but what's wrong with him?"

Liu Chengen has always been in poor health. He drank more medicine than he ate since he was a child. Liu Jian said with a wry smile: "However, the weather is changing. It's just that he is not in good health. There is nothing else."

Zhu Houzhao thought of Liu Dong, and he didn't know how he was in Nanjing.For an old man like Liu Jian, whose youngest son is far away in Nanjing, it is not easy to bring only a sick grandson.He thought for a while and said: "Although Dr. Xue specializes in orthopedic trauma, his apprentice is very accomplished in the care of the weak. You might as well ask him to have a look, maybe it will be useful."

After hearing these words, Liu Jian hurriedly knelt down to thank him.Xue Ji's current status is not as good as before. He brought a few apprentices who were inoculated with pox and studied some kind of operation.It's just that Xue Ji cleans himself up and declares that he will not associate with any officials. If he wants to see a doctor, he can only go to his pharmacy to see a doctor. In Liu Chengen's situation, it will be useless if he does not seek medical treatment for a long time.

Now that the emperor has spoken, that is another way.Xue Ji's behavior is not considered to be breaking his own rules, but it can also be regarded as seeing a doctor for his grandson.I only hope that Liu Chengen will get better this time so that the emperor's painstaking efforts will not be in vain.

"Get up." Zhu Houzhao personally helped him up, and said with a smile: "You are getting old, and when Liu Dong's term arrives, you should also be a messenger for him. The son wants to support him but the relative is not here, and I will not do it." This villain, let you father and son reunite." After speaking, he turned around with his hands behind his back to leave.But Liu Jian knelt down again and kowtowed deeply.Even Zhu Houzhao couldn't hold back,

Before the palace gate was locked, Gao Feng personally sent Liu Jian out.While Jinglian was packing his things there, he told Zhu Houzhao about Zhu Houwei's study in the past few days.Zhu Houzhao heard that Zhu Houwei would also take the initiative to invite Ying to go to the battlefield, and said with a smile: "When he was born, he was still a small lump, but now he has grown up so much, and he can also write and use martial arts. He has lived up to the hopes of his father, queen and queen. There is also wormwood, which is about to become a big girl. The day before yesterday, there was a letter from the Korean clan asking to marry a clan girl, and the queen mother even made fun of her."

Jing Lian saw Zhu Houzhao happy for a while, and smiled: "Everyone praises the prince and the princess. It is said that the brothers of the emperor back then, when they were princes, none of them were comparable to the prince now."

One is a crooked neck tree that grew out of a deformed court relationship, and the other is a straight sycamore seedling carefully watered by a family. How can it be compared.

Zhu Houzhao thought about the fun stories of his two younger brothers and sisters when they were young, and stroked his beard, only to feel a prickly hand.He stretched his waist, compared his legs and feet, stood still and said with a smile: "I've been up from day to night for the past few days, and I feel that my whole body is rusty. You tell me to go down and prepare things tomorrow, and I will tidy them up once."

The situation gradually stabilized, and Zhu Houzhao could finally relax a little.Thinking about it carefully, he hadn't had a good bath for several days.Thinking about it, he even loathes him, not to mention, he promised Du Ruo to take good care of himself.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Jing Lian hesitated a little, and cautiously asked: "Does the emperor still need Niu Ben to serve him tomorrow?"

Niu Ben was thrown in the palace by Zhu Houzhao that day, and he rarely came up to serve him after that.But Zhu Houzhao used to serve him and shave his face, Jinglian didn't dare to make his own claims, so he had better ask.

"I heard Gao Feng said that he was sick, why hasn't he recovered these days?" Zhu Houzhao knew that Gao Feng was lying to him, but he just pretended not to know.He also wanted to teach Niu Ben a lesson, let him know that what he wants is an obedient servant, not a servant who just persuades his master with rules and precepts.Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help sighing a little, that he really looked more and more like a person from the Ming Dynasty.I used to feel uncomfortable letting others serve me, but now...

Does this mean that Niuben still needs to serve?Jing Lian knew it in his heart, and immediately replied: "It's just healed. I was afraid of giving the emperor the sickness, so I asked this question."

"Since it's healed, why are there so many taboos?"

Jing Lian replied to show that he knew, and still packed his things, and waited for Zhu Houzhao to sleep without mentioning it.

Here, Ma Cong rushed to Taiyuan first without stopping, and Ma Wensheng slowly rushed over with the Beijing army behind.

When he arrived in Taiyuan, Ma Cong found that the military situation was not as urgent as it was said in the notes.There are people who are willing to rebel with Xu Jin, but most of them are generals under his command.Civil officials and ordinary people still deny Xu Jin in a righteous sense.Although no one rose up to rebel because of Xu Jin's achievements in the Northwest these years, the public opinion has been crusade.Especially businessmen, they overwhelmingly supported the imperial court and opposed Xu Jin.

Zhu Houzhao's policy of improving the status of businessmen and invigorating the economy for so many years is still very effective.Not only is the life of the people in Shanghai getting richer and the country's strength is getting stronger, but these businessmen have tasted the sweetness of it all.Now that Xu Jin's rebellion has cut off the mutual market and their source of income, how can they agree.Now we all hope that the imperial court can regain the northwest.

In such a desolate place in the northwest, once there are no supplies from merchants and the court, how will a huge army be supplied.In addition, the fire sieve and Tatar hated Xu Jin to the core.Xu Jin's life is not easy either.

Unexpectedly, the situation was so unexpectedly good, and Ma Cong's heavy steps were a little easier.The family members around him hurriedly came forward to report: "The [-] print sheets requested by the little general have been printed. Dozens of craftsmen have rushed to make Kongming lanterns, and they can be released in the direction of Datong just waiting for the general's order." .”

Ma Cong nodded and began to write the letter.Now Beijing and China have seriously misjudged the situation in the northwest, and people are panicking.Although he didn't know why the news was distorted like this, he still felt that he should pass all the news back so that nothing would happen in time.