At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 187 New Order
After the war, the city of Nanjing regained its calm.

The [-] Battalion took over the city defense and patrolled the city every day. However, ordinary people soon discovered that these people seemed to be different from the previous officers and soldiers, because they never disturbed the people.

The common people had just witnessed a scene of gods fighting with their own eyes, and they were in awe of these unfamiliar faces from the bottom of their hearts.

Originally, I thought that these people were high-ranking or vicious, but after only a few days of contact, I found that they were completely different from what I imagined.

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

When encountering goods that are taken away, they just check whether the goods are prohibited and whether there are formal documents, and then let them go.

For those who have incomplete procedures, those suspected of smuggling, or those who carry prohibited items, they will be directly detained, and the money will not be accepted by others, and those who shout that there are people above... the so-called big man who is called out will be arrested in the shortest time. Take it down.

They form a small team of ten people and patrol the streets and alleys. Sometimes, they also take a break at the tea stalls on the roadside, but they will take the initiative to pay for the tea every time they finish their tea.

Even when encountering broken-skinned rogues making trouble in the street, they will help deal with it.

Such behavior, in the past, was simply unheard of and unseen.

The entire city of Nanjing quickly restored order, and it was a new order.

Therefore, after a little worry, everyone is still doing what they should do as before.

At the same time, starting from Nanjing Zuowei, the inventory work of various guards has also begun.

When Rui Guogong Li Zhen came to the Zuowei residence, he first read the imperial decree, which generally meant that the emperor was very dissatisfied with the status quo of the guards, and the next step would be to change, and the guards must fully cooperate.

Chen Weisong stepped forward to report: "I would like to report to the Duke of the State, all three of Nanjing Zuowei 510 and [-] are present, please review!"

Li Zhen frowned, and asked, "According to the report of the former commander, Nanjing Zuowei has a total of 600 people. How come there are only more than 3000? What about the rest?"

"Returning to the Lord, the former commander, Si Fangbo, has been on empty pay for a long time. In fact, the number of Nanjing Zuowei is only more than 73, which is less than 350. Bo and others had a total of 92 people. In the battle at the University Field, [-] people were killed at the left guard, [-] people were seriously injured, and the rest are all here."

Li Zhen nodded, and then ordered all the soldiers to gather, but did not give lectures, but let everyone sit on the floor.

More than 3000 people gathered in a large circle, waiting for instructions on the next step.

Li Zhen stood in the center and said loudly: "You all serve as soldiers and eat food. You all have wives and children. You are all military households for generations. When the Emperor Taizu ordered your ancestors to guard the fields here, the left guard's fields belong to me. After checking, the total is 36 mu, but these years, due to various reasons, there are only less than 25 mu left, let me ask you, do you still cultivate military fields on weekdays?"

Everyone looked timid and did not dare to speak.

"Speak, don't be afraid!"

Chen Weisong had no choice but to truthfully say, "Juntian...is long gone."

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

"The people above... took it, they would rather lease it to tenants..."

Li Zhen asked again: "The military land was given to everyone by the imperial court, why should they take it away?"

Everyone was silent again, not daring to answer.

Li Zhen took out the accounts, and continued: "This is the situation of the food and salaries distributed by the imperial court to the left guards in recent years. Let's talk about this year. This year, ordinary soldiers should get three taels of silver and two hundred catties of grain. In addition, there are five feet of cloth, have these reached your hands?"

Everyone fell into silence again, and the result was obvious.

Li Zhen looked at Chen Weisong, and Chen Weisong had no choice but to reply: "No!"

"Where did these go?"

"Isn't it being deducted by that son of a bitch..."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Chen Weisong doesn't want to hide it anymore.

Although he used to be a middle-level officer from a hundred households, but in the guard, the high-level people always eat the meat, and the followers behind these high-level people eat the soup. Chen Weisong is precisely the one who is excluded , these years, life is better than ordinary soldiers, but the good is limited.

In the past few days, through brief 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 immediately realized that this matter was not funny, so they stopped laughing in a hurry.

"You're right, it's just being embezzled by those sons of bitches!"

But Li Zhen didn't care at all, and said: "As far as I know, the former commander of that son of a bitch, the rebels have been beaten under his nose, he is still married to a concubine, and that fellow confidant, who even drank with him The wedding has gone! Those high-ranking officials in the left guard have three wives and four concubines in their homes. There are thirty or forty servants in their houses. Where did they get their money? On the other hand, how many of you can afford it? How many of those who got a daughter-in-law can make the whole family not hungry?"

After these words were finished, everyone present was lost in thought.

Suddenly, someone burst into tears.

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

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

Li Zhen asked, "What's going on?"

Chen Weisong had no choice but to explain: "This old eighth wanted to flee his citizenship a few days ago, but he was arrested and beaten to death on the spot!"

Li Zhen asked again: "Why did you run away? Could it be that there was a war and this person fled in battle?"

Chen Weisong smiled bitterly and said, "Where did the war come from? He fled because his mother starved to death! He ate food to serve as a soldier and worked his life for the court. Why did he sell his life and his own mother starved to death instead? "

Many of the people present knew about this incident. Wang Laoba was beaten to death when he was captured because he was a deserter.

Seeing him howling and crying now, everyone's eyes turned red immediately.

The matter of Wang Laoba has always been kept secret in the guard, but now it is mentioned in public, but it is not known whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

Li Zhen waved at Wang Laoba and said, "Come here!"

Wang Laoba was a little at a loss, and slowly came forward, wiping away his tears with his sleeve.

"Your mother starved to death?"

"Yes, my mother is starving to death!"

Li Zhen said solemnly to him: "The emperor once explained that he knows everyone's sufferings, and he wants to apologize to everyone for what happened before, but do you dare to accept the apology from the emperor?"

"I dare not, I dare not..."

Wang Laoba panicked immediately, and hurriedly waved his hands.

"Well!"

Li Zhen continued: "I, Li, made the decision without authorization, so I won't apologize, 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 rebel, the coastal Japanese pirates, etc. , Corrupt officials, those black-hearted officers who bully 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 decision of the emperor, from now on, never No one will be oppressed, no one's mother will be starved to death, do you understand?"

Chen Weisong hadn't spoken yet, but Wang Laoba had already shouted, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Zhen took out another imperial edict and said: "This is an edict issued by the emperor. All the guards have been thoroughly investigated. Here, the former commander and others have already punished the law. The property they are greedy for ink is still in accordance with the previous rules. Distributing to the people in Weizhong, this is the real distribution of land, not for you and your family to rent and plant, but for re-measurement, and directly let your family to apply for the land deed."

"Besides, the embezzled military salaries will be distributed as usual in the future. In the battle of the University, rewards will be given for meritorious deeds. If the officials in this battalion do a lot of evil on weekdays, they must be investigated. If you have achieved meritorious service in the battle of the school field, if within three days, you automatically admit your problems and hand over the money and land that you should not have taken, you can forget the past. Listen well, everyone can exercise the right of supervision, within three days. After a few days, if someone reports and verifies it, don't blame the military law for being ruthless!
"All in all, the emperor understands your hard work and knows your difficulties. Who knows that military households are inferior to others? But why should military households be inferior to others? Naturally, someone is deliberately belittling you, and it is also because of those sons of bitches on weekdays. The unscrupulous officers don’t treat you as human beings, this situation will never happen again, otherwise, your former commander is a living example.”

After all, Li Zhen handed the imperial edict in her hand to Chen Weisong, and said solemnly: "Chen Weisong, the emperor has now officially appointed you as the commander of the Nanjing Zuowei to preside over the next reform of the guard. I hope you will not disappoint the emperor's promise to you." trust!"

Surprised and delighted, Chen Weisong hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "I will go through fire and water, I will do my best!"

When the soldiers heard that they really wanted to give the land deed and the salary, they all became excited.

However, those officers who had oppressed the big guys on weekdays had dark faces and sighed silently.

The good times are coming to an end, and from now on, Nanjing Zuowei will change.

If he wants to survive, he can only obediently hand over the greedy money and land, depending on what the emperor wants, there is still time to stand in line.

Li Zhen pressed her hand, and waited for the chaotic scene to calm down a bit, then said: "Besides, the army will resume drills. I have seen the left guard personnel, nearly half of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. How can there be combat effectiveness after a war? Therefore, those who are old and weak are allowed to leave the camp and pay travel expenses. Of course, those who are willing to stay can be responsible for things like kitchens and handymen. It takes practice every day."

"Of course, we can't let everyone's hard work be in vain. From now on, the standard of food will be improved. As for other miscellaneous matters, we will deal with them one by one. In short, the emperor has made up his mind this time to let everyone live a good life. If you are full, you will have the strength to train and fight, so that you will not let the rebels and enemy bandits take advantage of the vacancy. Everyone will defend their home and country, and sell their lives to the court. The court will never let you down. Good! That's it, that's all, disband!"

After speaking, they waved their hands, but everyone refused to leave.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Why, are you worried that I'm fooling you? Chen Weisong, let's make arrangements now, and pay back the wages owed to everyone, and also pay the rewards!"

However, the crowd still refused to disperse.

Li Zhen's words, deep in their hearts, seemed to have planted a seed. Once this thing germinated, they would be a little unwilling.

And the fate of the former commander was something that everyone saw with their own eyes.

I thought that something happened to Chen Weisong, but who would have imagined that this time the emperor really made a move, and really decided for everyone.

Money is not an empty promise, it is really going to be distributed, and it will be distributed now.

In the past, when everyone heard about the distribution of money, they would have already queued up.

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

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

Only then did the crowd leave sparsely. Chen Weisong explained a bit, then returned to Li Zhen, and said, "My father-in-law came all the way, and he didn't prepare anything for his lowly position. What does that mean..."

He held a stack of bank notes in his hand, which seemed to be at least a few thousand taels.

Li Zhen immediately lowered her face, and said coldly: "Chen Weisong, did you not understand what I just said?"

When Chen Weisong saw this, his face was very embarrassed, but he didn't know if it was because he thought it was too little, or...

"Damn it, do you want to follow the old path of your predecessor?"

"No, no... don't get me wrong, my lord, this is... yes..."

"Where did the money come from?"

"This... this... was found from the home of the former commander..."

"What I said just now, all the money and property that officials corrupted ink will be confiscated, what are you doing?"

"The humble job is just...it's...representing the guard, filial to the father-in-law..."

Chen Weisong was sweating profusely. He didn't expect that something would happen to him when he gave away the money. What should we do...

"Have you never seen silver?"

Li Zhen grabbed the silver note in his hand, threw it on his face, and said angrily: "When I ransacked my house in the capital, millions of taels of gold and silver piled up like a mountain, which can make you blind, if I want to Greedy, will you run to this place exhaustedly to take your little money?"

Chen Weisong knelt down, and said tremblingly: "Wrong...wrong, wrong for a humble job, please don't...don't..."

Li Zhen raised her leg and kicked Chen Weisong to the ground, cursing, "If you didn't perform well these days, I would have dismissed you on the spot!"

Chen Weisong didn't dare to say a word, so he quickly got up, knelt down in front of Li Zhen again, and kowtowed like garlic.

In fact, he can't be entirely blamed for this. In the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, regardless of civil servants or military generals, the set of human relations and sophistication are the same.

If you don't give Shangguan benefits, they won't give you convenience. This has always been the case.

Who knows, suddenly came an unusual...

Of course Li Zhen also knew about this level, so she said with a dark face: "The [-] Battalion will send a small team to the left guard to assist you in daily training. You fucking focus on business in the future and do something for the other guards." Set an example, don't lose the emperor's face!"

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

(End of this chapter)