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Chapter 941 I am not a benevolent and righteous ruler
Zhu Yijun disliked and even opposed the monistic theory of gratitude in Zhang Juzheng's narrative of gratitude, as if the Wanli Reform was accomplished by him alone, the emperor, with just a few imperial edicts.

If a few imperial edicts were effective, what would be the point of having the Beijing Army?
It was clearly because of the unity of the emperor, his subjects and the people that the Ming Dynasty gradually got rid of the downward trend of national corruption. However, in Zhang Juzheng's narrative of gratitude, it became the achievement of Zhu Yijun alone.

"Your Majesty, sometimes, the more complicated something is, the harder it is to accomplish." Zhang Juzheng did not shout out the emperor's wisdom. He knew what he was doing, and he attributed all the credit of his subjects to the emperor.

Because he has been in power for a long time, he knows very well that only when the power is completely concentrated on Your Majesty can things be accomplished.

Sometimes, it is not that the court wants to take a one-size-fits-all approach or go to extremes. Governing a country is like cooking a delicacy. The temperature is the most difficult to control, and no one can tell exactly how much effort should be used.

"Sir, this is very dangerous. You have mentioned to me the difficulty of overcoming the difficulties many times before. I think my way of handling it is more appropriate." Zhu Yijun tapped his hand on the table for a moment, still insisting on his own idea and not giving in.

It is okay to write about stories of gratitude, but you must also include the stories of a wise ruler, virtuous ministers, and the united efforts of thousands of men.

Long live the emperor, and long live the people.

Zhu Yijun threw out a boomerang that was "difficult to defeat" and hit Zhang Juzheng right between the eyebrows!

Zhang Juzheng was obviously stunned and looked at the emperor. The image of the strong and powerful majesty and the cautious and tentative child of that year overlapped. It seemed that the majesty had always been the same majesty, had not changed, and still liked to use what he had said to block him.

The boomerang is very useful, don't use it anymore.

Your Majesty is so wise that even Zhang Juzheng forgot how terrible it is for our dynasty to have difficulty in ending its life. Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang are both typical examples of people who had difficulty in ending their lives. The theory of one-dimensional gratitude is to sanctify the emperor.

Compared with other alienations, the emperor has an additional sacred alienation, which is the easiest thing for a minister to overlook.

This kind of sanctification is also a kind of alienation, and it is very dangerous. Over time, immersed in flowers and splendor, my achievements will become so brilliant that all my decisions are correct!
If this goes on, Zhang Juzheng will be dead and all will be lost, and a monster called "I am different from everyone else" will be created. Isn't that the biggest joke in the world?
The ministers used loyalty to fight against various alienations, and the emperor could only use perseverance to resist sacred alienation.

"Prime Minister, your Majesty is right." Shen Li, a loyal minister, suddenly stood up to support the emperor when the emperor and the prime minister had a disagreement. This action was very dangerous and clearly violated the cabinet consensus that had been formed.

Unlike Wan Shihe and the jack of all trades, Shen Li, a stubborn and upright minister, is unable to reconcile the relationships among all parties. He uses his own way to influence the court's decision-making.

As soon as Shen Li spoke, Ling Yunyi, Zhang Xueyan, Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Shen Yikuan, Wang Yi'e, Zhou Liangyin and others all looked at Shen Li in surprise. Once these words were spoken, they offended the prime minister.

Shen Li was under a lot of pressure. As for Zhang Juzheng, only Wang Chonggu could barely fight against him.

Shen Li thought for a moment and said, "Prime Minister, do you still remember that His Majesty once told me about a dream?"

"Each minister has countless heads, each head has countless faces, each face has countless mouths, and each mouth has countless tongues, all praising Your Majesty at the same time."

"Of course I remember, Your Majesty. I was a little too hasty and impatient, and I lost my sense of proportion. Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng responded quickly and without any hesitation. He approved of Your Majesty's decision. With a wise king and virtuous ministers, and the strength of ten thousand men, he would take them all with him!
Zhang Juzheng did not mean to resent Shen Li. Instead, he was quite grateful to Shen Li, who handed him a ladder at the critical moment, allowing him to come down smoothly.

He had realized that what he had done was not quite right, but he was still somewhat stuck in this.

Shen Li's ladder arrived at the right time!
"Then do as I say." Zhu Yijun heard that Zhang Juzheng no longer objected and looked at the ministers.

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng and his ministers said in unison. Your Majesty's dream was indeed a bit scary. If it really came to that, even if Your Majesty had a will as strong as steel, it would be worn down.

Zhu Yijun had actually thought about it a long time ago. He couldn't fight against the divine alienation and the separation of me and ordinary people. He couldn't bear it. Divine alienation was definitely not something that could be resisted by human willpower. It would change imperceptibly over a long period of time.

To fight against sacred alienation, we can only rely on the power of all people and on blaming and expounding on good.

Sometimes Zhu Yijun also thought that he was now in his prime, liked to be tough and could listen to advice, but in his later years, he might not be as magnanimous as the Taoist priest, after all, the Taoist priest really spared Hai Rui's life.

"I promised Minister Zhou one thing. If the payment for Shanxi coal is overdue for one year, it will be transferred to the Tax Inspection Office to collect the tax." Zhu Yijun told the ministers the conditions he had agreed to Zhou Liangyin.

Zhou Liangyin called the Taiyuan prefect to Datong and scolded him, but the Taiyuan prefect still insisted on disturbing the dragon vein and refused to agree.

Is it really stupid that the Taiyuan prefect gritted his teeth like this? There were only 176 prefects in the Ming Dynasty. At this point, there were only bad guys and no fools.

Zhu Yijun felt that the concern about disturbing the dragon veins was false, but the real concern was that Shanxi would not get paid for mining the coal. Sometimes, it was normal to do shameful things in the name of justice. It was precisely because the Taiyuan prefect knew about the bad things in the Ming court that he refused to agree to the construction of the Chidao.

The coal and iron that were mined with blood and sweat were sold to others at low prices or even as IOUs, without even a word of thanks.

"Minister Zhou really has a good method!" Zhang Juzheng frowned and looked at Zhou Liangyin.

This fellow is indeed a lowly Confucian. As soon as he entered the court, he began to deceive the holy monarch! He used the methods used to deal with the barbarians to deal with internal conflicts. He really has a vicious heart!

As expected, these despicable scholars should be cleaned up once and for all to avoid any future troubles!

"This, I... Yuanfu... I..." Zhou Liangyin's hands trembled. He had heard that Zhang Juzheng was a vicious person, but he didn't expect him to be so vicious!
If I had known, I would have stayed in Datong and continued to be the governor. Progress? Not even a dog can enter!
When Zhu Yijun saw this, he hurriedly said, "Sir, I have an idea. Minister Zhou is in Shanxi. He doesn't even know about the debt collection by Liu Jiwen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi."

"I see." When Zhang Juzheng heard that the emperor had taken the blame on him, he didn't want to pursue the matter further, but he still glanced at Zhou Liangyin inadvertently.

This unintentional glance was even more terrifying than the accountability just now. It would have been fine if Zhang Juzheng had identified Zhou Liangyin as a treacherous minister who had bewitched the emperor, but this unintentional glance represented that Zhang Juzheng had misunderstood Zhou Liangyin, the eloquent minister who had bewitched the emperor to the point of personally coming to protect him!

Zhou Liangyin wished his two legs could turn into eight legs so he could run back to Datong!
After Zhang Juzheng sat down, he thought about it for a while and suddenly felt that this might, perhaps, probably really was His Majesty's idea, and not Zhou Liangyin's slander.

Zhou Liangyin's purge in Shanxi seemed to be swift and resolute. On the one hand, he really had some skills, but he also relied on the emperor's favor and the support of the court. Whenever Wang Chonggu said something, Zhou Liangyin would purge Shanxi. He could not purge anyone alone, and there was a high possibility that he would purge himself in the process.

By that time, Zhou Liangyin would retire in disgrace, and all the problems in Shanxi would be blamed on Zhou Liangyin. This was the fate he should have had.

The reason why Wang Chonggu didn't speak was not because he didn't want to, but because the emperor didn't allow him to.

Zhou Liangyin did not dare to give such an idea to the emperor, and this idea indeed seemed to be something that only the emperor could think of.

As a disciple taught personally by Zhang Juzheng, he naturally knew very well that Your Majesty was really good at studying.

"I want to give Xiong Tingbi military merit, but some censors think it is inappropriate. Their reasons are reasonable and well-founded." Zhu Yijun talked about Xiong Tingbi's expedition against the Japanese. The censors were not looking for trouble. Xiong Tingbi killed prisoners.

Xiong Tingbi captured 430 people, and except for 40 warriors who were sent back to the capital to prove their military achievements, he killed all the others.

"Your Majesty, I have also killed prisoners." Ling Yunyi was the second in command. He had read the memorials. The censors said that killing prisoners was unlucky, which was not a false accusation and was very reasonable. However, he had also done such things as killing prisoners.

These censors did not dare to impeach him, but actually impeached Xiong Tingbi.

"Ling Ci Fu was suppressing the rebellion, which is different from what Xiong Tingbi did." Zhu Yijun looked at Ling Yunyi and said something fair to the censor.

When the Japanese invaders in Korea rebelled, Ling Yunyi killed people. Even the moral defender of the Ming Dynasty would not blame Ling Yunyi. If he did not kill them after the Japanese invaders rebelled, then the remaining Japanese invaders would surely rebel together.

Xiong Tingbi was killing prisoners. He was not even interested in castrating them. He just killed them directly and piled their bodies outside the camp to intimidate the Japanese pirates.

Killing prisoners is unlucky; this is a summary of historical lessons and a necessity for enforcing military discipline.

Killing prisoners in all dynasties had no benefit other than arousing the enemy's determination to fight to the death. For example, Bai Qi's massacre of Zhao soldiers made Bai Qi extremely passive in the court, and he was finally sentenced to death in Gaoyou.

It is actually very difficult to convince the lower-level soldiers by talking about historical lessons, the will to resist, the economy, and politics. The saying that killing prisoners is unlucky is also meant to restrain the soldiers and prevent them from killing innocent people indiscriminately and creating sins of killing without reason.

Violence is inherently unstable and can easily get out of control.

"Your Majesty, why did Xiong Tingbi kill the prisoners?" Zhang Juzheng asked solemnly. When Xiong Tingbi was studying, Zhang Juzheng felt that Xiong Tingbi's understanding of Confucianism was a bit too violent, and now the situation is even more serious.

The soldiers didn't understand, but Xiong Tingbi, who was both civil and military, didn't understand? Why did he act so inappropriately and give people a reason to criticize him?

Xiong Tingbi's memorial only said that he did it, and the accompanying documents did not say why he killed the prisoners.

Zhu Yijun looked around at the ministers and said, "This is Maori Terumoto's fault. Maori Terumoto's idea was to test the enemy. He did not give much food to the invading pirates. The pirates who attacked Iwami Ginzan looted countless villages along the way, robbing food, women and children, and even used women and children as dry food."

"The stove pot is not cold yet, the infant's body in the pot is still warm; the cart is empty, but the severed hand is still at the bottom of the basket. The broken bones are used as firewood, the fat is boiled, and the marrow is boiled. The cruel and poisonous state is no longer human; eating meat and drinking blood, eating hair and sleeping on skin, with a cruel nature, like a demon."

"Around the camp, remains were lying on the doorsteps, and on the scorched earth were human bones; broken limbs were scattered, or teeth were embedded in the stove ash, or hair was coagulated on the edge of the cauldron!"

"Xiong Tingbi was only 22 years old. He had never seen such a tragic scene. He was so furious that he killed all the captives."

Xiong was young, and if he didn't vent his anger, he might get sick. The censors didn't impeach Xiong Tingbi, but they thought it was not a good idea to reward him for killing prisoners, so they just pretended that nothing had happened.

When Qi Jiguang heard what Your Majesty said, he said, "Your Majesty, the Japanese pirates once carried human bones as food. I have witnessed it with my own eyes." (Note: The author's words in the following paragraphs are marked with the source.)
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he looked at Qi Jiguang. He was shocked and quickly asked Zhang Hong to put a few pots of flowers on the table. Qi Jiguang's face looked painful, and even his eyes were bloodshot and red. His hands were clenched on the table and trembling a little.

Zhu Yijun truly felt what it meant to have murderous aura that was as solid as a substance. Even the solemnity of the Wenhua Hall could not cover up this murderous aura.

Qi Jiguang looked at the emperor, his movements even a little stiff, his voice was particularly low, and there was even a sound of teeth grinding: "The Japanese pirates kidnapped civilians, made the men carry food and wages, and made the women serve their sexual pleasures."

"The Japanese pirates like to hang babies on bamboo poles. When there is no food, they throw the children into the pot and enjoy listening to the children crying. They kill the old, weak and sick and eat them. I have pacified the Japanese in the southeast and recovered the lost territory. Wherever the Japanese pirates pass, they do the same!"

"The Japanese pirates hung children's skulls on their waists and forced the Han people to chop off each other's limbs for food. Those who refused to obey were killed. I have seen with my own eyes more than once that the Japanese pirates roasted children for food and jokingly called them pigs."

"Your Highness, I have seen more than once that the Japanese pirates captured pregnant women, used them to gamble for wine, cut open pregnant women to remove the babies, and bet on whether it was a boy or a girl. The winner drank."

Qi Jiguang finished his last sentence almost word by word. Anger rose in his heart, but in the Wenhua Hall, he did not want to lose his composure, so he finished what he wanted to say word by word.

Zhang Hong brought a few eunuchs and placed several flowers on the table, but the blooming flowers in spring were of no use at all. The hostility emanating from Qi Jiguang was somewhat frightening.

The entire Wenhua Hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"Click." There was a crisp sound.

Ye Xianggao took notes with a pen, and as he wrote, he used too much force and broke the pen. Ye Xianggao still held the pen, and the broken pen pierced his hand, his hand was covered in blood. If his mother had not escaped and was not caught by the Japanese pirates, his mother would have been bet on by the Japanese pirates, and he would have been the baby taken out and eaten as a guinea pig.

"Your Highness...Your Highness will handle it." Ye Xianggao held the pen and bowed to the emperor. After asking for forgiveness, he hurriedly left the Wenhua Hall. When he left, he did not let go of the pen, and held it very tightly.

"I have lost my composure." Qi Jiguang took a deep breath, stood up, and went to the side hall. Staying any longer would affect the court discussion.

Zhu Yijun said to Zhang Hong: "Go and ask the chief physician."

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually knew about these things a long time ago. Qi Jiguang did not mention these things when he talked about the war to suppress the Japanese pirates. However, Zhu Yijun had read the brief accounts of the Japanese invasion written by eyewitnesses such as Cai Jiude and Zheng Ruozeng at that time.

So when Chen Youren glorified the Japanese pirates and slandered the southern soldiers for suppressing the Japanese, the emperor killed the beast in the street.

"Feng Bao, Xiong Tingbi sent forty Japanese pirate prisoners back to Beijing." Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao. It would be a perfect opportunity to kill these Japanese pirates for Qi Jiguang to vent his anger.

Feng Bao had served the emperor for eighteen years, so there was no need to make it clear. He bowed his head and said, "I obey your order."

The Wenhua Hall was still very quiet and no one spoke. It was not without reason that the powerful and wealthy gentry in the southeast donated money and grain to support the dynasty's fight against the Japanese pirates. It was also understandable that Xiong Tingbi, who had gone from being a scholar-official to being so tyrannical, had become so cruel.

Looking at that scene, not to mention the young man Xiong Tingbi, even the veteran Qi Jiguang would kill people.

A quarter of an hour later, Feng Bao returned to the palace alone to report. He bowed his head and said, "General Qi went to the Kuiyuan, but did not kill the Japanese pirates. Instead, he took them back to the General's Mansion for recuperation."

Qi Jiguang did not make things difficult for the emperor. When he arrived at the Jiekuyuan and saw the Japanese pirates being cut into pieces, he felt much better. The violent blood in his blood slowly subsided. These were all materials and specimens for the Jiekuyuan and could not be wasted.

"They deserve to be killed! These pirates are not human beings at all, so they are not prisoners." Shen Li took a deep breath and said sternly, "If you keep talking nonsense, I will send them to Japan!"

"Then let's give Xiong Tingbi a commendation." Zhu Yijun was silent for a moment, and said to the ministers:
"I know that, not to mention the scholars and officials of the world, even some court officials in this Wenhua Palace feel that what I did to Japan was a bit too much, and that my methods were too cruel and brutal. This is not what a wise ruler should do. These Japanese slaves, prostitutes, and triangular trade business are not in line with the way of benevolence and righteousness."

"If you are not benevolent and righteous, then don't be benevolent and righteous. Benevolence and righteousness have nothing to do with me. I am not a benevolent and righteous king."

Of course, according to Xiong Tingbi's definition of benevolence and righteousness, benevolence is the power to split a person in two, and righteousness is to hit the enemy's head into the chest. Then Zhu Yijun is very, very benevolent and righteous!

Some court officials felt that the evil triangular trade was excessive and would lead to the moral decline of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, it was too greedy. For the sake of a few small things, people were willing to do any business and completely forgot about benevolence and righteousness, which led to a different offensive and defensive situation.

But when it comes to the war against Japan, Zhu Yijun is a living person, and he can only do this to give an explanation to himself and the people in the southeast.

If someone accuses him of being unjust, he can only accept the criticism, but he will not change.

"A bunch of beasts." Zeng Shengwu's mouth twitched. If he was not old, he would have gone to Japan to let the Japanese know how he pacified the Jiusi and Duzhan barbarians.

The court meeting continued, discussing the implementation of the new policies such as the Dinghai school system, the farming system, and the official examination system. There were not many arguments in the court meeting today, and it ended hastily in less than half an hour.

After the morning court session, Zhu Yijun did not return to Tonghe Palace, but went directly to the General's Mansion. Qi Jiguang was in a bad mood, and Zhu Yijun would not feel at ease unless he saw it with his own eyes.

Zhu Yijun often went to the General's Mansion. He moved around in the identity of Mr. Huang of the General's Mansion. There was no threshold to the General's Mansion, so Zhu Yijun walked straight in without letting the palace servants inform him.

Not allowing the palace servants to inform the emperor meant not allowing Qi Jiguang to come out to welcome the emperor, which was also a kind of imperial grace.

There is a Yanhui Pond in Qi Jiguang's General's Mansion. In summer, the pond is full of gorgeous lotus flowers. In spring, there are only the buds of the crabapple flowers, about to bloom.

In the Tang Dynasty, crabapple was the most respected flower among all flowers, even more popular than peony. It was the national beauty. Even when it was in bud, it filled the garden with spring colors and a scene full of vitality.

Qi Jiguang sat in the Xiaoyong Pavilion beside the Yanhui Pond, in the sea of ​​flowers, staring blankly, sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sometimes melancholy, and sometimes painful.

Zhu Yijun stood on the Jiuze Bridge and watched. At this moment, Zhu Yijun clearly realized that the Duke of Fengguo, who had fought for the Ming Dynasty all his life, had grown old. Qi Jiguang's hair had turned white and there were some wrinkles on his face.

Zhu Yijun still remembers that when he first met Qi Jiguang in the first year of the Wanli reign, Qi Jiguang was like a mountain, mighty, majestic, strong, fearless, indestructible, and courageous enough to defeat ten thousand men. Now, sitting in the pavilion, he looks a bit childish.

"General Qi." After hearing Feng Bao's whispers, Zhu Yijun took a few quick steps and walked over.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Qi Jiguang heard the emperor's call, turned around, and saw the emperor walking in from the spring garden with a smile on his face. His Majesty's smile was the same as before, sunny and bright, making people feel particularly at ease.

His Majesty has always been gentle and kind to his fellow travelers, making people feel like they are in the spring breeze.

Zhu Yijun walked over and said, "General Qi, thank you for the courtesy. The Duke of Qian sent me two pieces of jadeite. I had them carved into martial arts plaques. They were just finished today. I had nothing to do, so I sent them to General Qi."

Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand, motioning Feng Bao to take out the martial arts card, but Feng Bao did not move.

"Where are the cards?" Zhu Yijun paused again and motioned Feng Bao to take out the martial arts cards.

"Your Majesty, I didn't bring it." Feng Bao looked panicked, as if he had done something wrong and was a little uneasy.

Zhu Yijun was horrified and said in a stern voice: "Didn't I ask you to take care of it? How can you be so careless?"

"I deserve to die." Feng Bao was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Zhu Yijun and Feng Bao's eyes rolled around. Logically, Qi Jiguang should have come out and said a few words in Feng Bao's favor at this time. The emperor showed his benevolence and chose to forgive, and the monarch and his subjects lived in harmony.

But Qi Jiguang said nothing.

Zhu Yijun turned his head and saw Qi Jiguang sitting there with an amused look on his face. Obviously, Qi Jiguang chose to turn a blind eye when he needed to cooperate with the performance.

Qi Jiguang wanted to see how the emperor and the eunuch would continue the show without him!
Qi Jiguang watched the emperor grow up, and he knew exactly how many tricks the emperor had in his mind. How could he let this pair of acting geniuses put on a show? Wouldn't it be that he had fought on the battlefield for forty years in vain?
Who can deceive him on the battlefield!
"The cards are here." A slightly childish voice sounded. Zhu Changzhi, the eldest son of the Ming Emperor, walked out from the Jiuzhe Bridge with two martial arts cards and put the cards in his father's hands. Seeing this, Feng Bao also stood up from the ground swiftly.

Qi Jiguang was stunned for a moment. The longest road he had ever walked in his life was the emperor's routine!
It turned out that the emperor had already anticipated that he would not be able to cooperate in the play. No wonder Feng Bao's acting skills were a bit exaggerated. In the end, the emperor and Feng Bao still acted out the show!

Your Majesty definitely knows that Zhu Changzhi came to the General's Mansion.

"General Qi, I can pull the tailless bow now!" After Zhu Changzhi handed the martial arts card to his father, he took out the slingshot, pulled it and shot it out. The tailless arrow shot out, went into the water, and pierced a koi.

Zhu Changzhi reeled in the line and held the fish with a proud look on his face. He never slacked off in his martial arts training. Although he could not use a 60-point soft bow, his slingshot arrows never missed their target.

"Your Highness, you are truly an expert at hitting the target from a hundred paces away." Qi Jiguang looked at the koi, and his compliments seemed a little far-fetched.

He had raised the fish in the Yanhui pond for more than ten years, but now it was beaten away by the eldest prince.

Qi Jiguang quickly accepted the result. Some of the koi in the Taiye Pond had lived for hundreds of years, but they had become the emperor's target. He had only a few fish in the pond, so he could just hit them.

Qi Jiguang was surprised that the emperor could endure the hardship of practicing martial arts, and he was even more surprised that the prince could also endure this hardship. It was just a few fish, so go ahead and catch them.

Old people all like children. After Zhu Changzhi appeared, Qi Jiguang carefully inquired about Zhu Changzhi's martial arts studies. He was very pleased to learn that he had started to learn horse riding. He also gave him many reminders about riding, such as not riding for too long, not sitting when the horse is running fast but squatting on it, not competing with the horse but going with the flow, etc.

"General Qi, please test Zhier's academic performance. I will go to Wuying Tower to review the troops and horses." Zhu Yijun sat for about a quarter of an hour and then went to review the troops and horses. Using the excuse of testing his academic performance, he kept Zhu Changzhi in the General's Mansion to play with Qi Jiguang.

Heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. Since Qi Jiguang did not kill the Japanese pirates captives, Zhu Yijun could only change the prescription.

Children are the future and hope, and Zhu Changzhi, who has not grown up crooked, is the hope and guarantee of the Ming Dynasty. This can completely ease Qi Jiguang's inner anxiety. At least in the next few decades, the Ming Dynasty will no longer suffer from tragedies such as the Japanese invasion in the southeast.

Zhu Changzhi performed a set of Jie Quan Jing, a set of 32 boxing techniques, commonly known as Qi Family Boxing, also called Cannon Hammer Boxing, with powerful force and Zhu Changzhi performed it with great vigor. He also performed a set of sword techniques, which were also quite impressive and not just for show. His movements were regular and combined hardness and softness.

"General Qi, we will be using muskets and cannons in the future. Do we still need to practice boxing and swordsmanship?" Zhu Changzhi asked with some confusion after he finished his training.

Qi Jiguang thought for a while and said, "To strengthen the body, one can also grow taller. If one practices martial arts regularly, one will certainly eat more and grow stronger. Besides, one can also become more courageous. A person who is afraid of the enemy must have a shallow skill, while a person who is good at fighting must have a sophisticated skill. As the saying goes, a person with a high skill is a person with great courage."

"On the battlefield, cowardice is the most taboo. Once soldiers become cowardly, their morale will weaken. Once their morale weakens, they will collapse. Once they flee, they will leave their backs to the enemy."

"Of course, muskets and artillery are powerful, and a line array can defeat ten enemies with one. However, no matter how good the weapons are, they are only used by people."

As an emperor, one must never be cowardly. As a crown prince, if one is submissive, the emperor might depose Zhu Changzhi.

Moreover, if the people are not good, no matter how good the military equipment is, it will be useless.

Of the six five-masted ocean-going ships sold to Akbar by the Ming Dynasty, one had already sunk. It was not destroyed by the Diu Governor's Office, but by the lax military discipline of the Mughal army, who used fire improperly on board the ship and burned it down.

A five-masted ocean-going ship that could not be destroyed even by the Atlantic storm was sunk by the Mongol army. The Ming Dynasty should take this as a warning.

Qi Jiguang told these stories to Zhu Changzhi. Zhu Changzhi listened to them and suddenly his eyes lit up. He asked, "Yi? The Yi in Hongyi?"

Practicing martial arts is very hard, but Zhu Changzhi persisted. He found that after practicing martial arts for a long time, he, as a child, had more perseverance in doing things and would not give up halfway.

"That's right." Qi Jiguang nodded continuously and said, Queen Wang is a virtuous queen who has educated her children well. Zhu Changzhi is a good child.

Qian Zhizhong and Qian San stood aside listening to the story. No matter how precocious he was, he was still a child and enjoyed listening to these anecdotes.

Zhu Changzhi had lunch at the General's Mansion before leaving. He wanted to play for a while longer, but he had classes in the afternoon. If he went back late, his mother would transform again and become more ferocious than a tiger.

The Crown Prince, the Chief of Military Merits, the General, and the Duke of Fengguo are all together. Emperor, don't you worry at all about the past events of Hou Junji and Li Chengqian?

Zhu Yijun was not worried at all because he was in his prime and still young. He had not yet been alienated by power and holiness and turned into a trapped dragon imprisoned on the throne of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)