Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Facing Zhu Biao's questions, Liao Junjun was speechless.

Zhu Biao looked at him and said, "You don't know how to answer, so I'll answer it for you."

“In terms of bravery in fighting, Uncle Tang is no worse than Gong of the Song Dynasty;
In terms of military achievements, Uncle Tang's achievements in recruiting Fang Guozhen and capturing Chen Youding alive were not inferior to those of Duke Wei;
In terms of closeness, Uncle Tang and my father are not only from the same hometown and village, but also close friends who grew up naked in the same alley.

Uncle Tang was also the introducer and leader of my father's anti-Yuan movement. It was he who originally called my father into the ranks of the anti-Yuan rebels. "

What Zhu Biao didn't say was that when Zhu Yuanzhang was leading an army alone and his prestige was insufficient, Tang He was the first to set an example and express his surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang. A thousand households were led by a big soldier to ride the horse.

"No matter how you look at it, Uncle Tang is enough to make a Duke, but why in the end was he willing to be a marquis? Over the years, I have never heard a single complaint from Uncle Tang." Zhu Biao looked at Liao Junjun He moved away, looked at the old Huaixi brothers around him, and then spoke. "If it were you guys, there would have been a quarrel long ago."

"Why didn't Uncle Tang do this, or even ask why?"

"Because Uncle Tang regards us as his own."

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the most surprising person was Tang He.

Tang He, the general who was extremely close to Zhu Yuanzhang and the oldest in the army, failed to be granted the title of Duke, and in the end he only received the title of Marquis.

Even though Tang He ranked first on the Marquis List, in the eyes of most people, this still wronged the founding father.

At that time, many people in the military were puzzled as to why Tang He, a person involved in the incident, never complained from the beginning to the end.

Only at this moment did these Huaixi veterans know the reason.

Tang He finally understood why Zhu Biao took him with him instead of Xu Da this time to quell the chaos.

It turned out to be waiting here.

Tang He turned his head and glanced at Zhu Biao, his eyes full of admiration.

He watched Zhu Biao grow up, from an ignorant child to a true king today.

If Zhu Yuanzhang is the rising sun in the Ming Dynasty, then Zhu Biao is the rising sun in the morning.

Tang He withdrew his gaze, looked at the Huaixi veterans in front of him, and said loudly: "Brothers, you have been saying it over and over since just now, does His Majesty treat you as one of his own? I want to ask you in turn now. , do you regard His Majesty as one of your own?"

When a new dynasty is established, discussing merit and giving rewards is a very troublesome matter for the superiors.

A great man once said that a man will not shed tears lightly, but it is not yet time to confer a title.

Even at the beginning of the founding of New China, there were still some comrades who believed that they should have higher military ranks and honors because of their hard work and seniority.

The founding heroes of the early Ming Dynasty were not as enlightened as the generals who founded the country in later generations. In later generations, many famous coaches took the initiative to write letters requesting to be demoted.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to satisfy everyone.

You must know that when Hongwu was awarded the title of meritorious officials in the third year, there were still twenty-seven marquises alongside Tang He, many of whom were self-reliant and rebellious.

Not all of these people may be satisfied with the title. If someone makes a fuss and complains that the title is low, what will Zhu Yuanzhang do?
The country has just been founded, so it is impossible to punish the heroes for this, and we cannot let them cause trouble.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and thought of the best way, which was to deliberately lower Tang He's title and only give him a title.

Use a method of "one lord shocks all the lords".

He lowered Tanghe's title to frighten the other marquises who had sufficient merit but failed to receive the title of duke.

Tang He could only make a marquis, and the generals behind him could only stop fighting no matter how dissatisfied they were. No matter how high they were, they couldn't get around Tang He, right?
A single Tanghe can solve all the complaints of the ancestors.

Tang He knew this in his heart. This was Zhu Yuanzhang's approach as he regarded him as a direct descendant and confidant.

Take Feng Sheng as an example. He made more mistakes than Tang He, but why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang lower his title?
The reason is very simple. Feng Sheng is not a direct descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang when he started his career. The relationship is not as close as that between Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He. Zhu Yuanzhang cannot wrong Feng Sheng.

The endings of Feng Sheng and Tang He were very different. Tang He was later not only replaced with the title of Duke, but also had a good death, while Feng Sheng was sentenced to death by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Tang He's momentary grievance was rewarded with lifelong peace, and he was later compensated with the title of Duke.

Tang He can be said to have lived a clear life among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty. He raised his hometown prosperously, had hundreds of wives and concubines, and started well and ended well.

Faced with this question from Tang He's soul.

All the Huaixi veterans present lowered their heads in shame.

Tang Shuai could even give up his position as Duke for His Majesty's sake. What does their little sacrifice mean now.

Zhu Biao looked at the crowd and said loudly: "Brothers, you are all older than me. You are all my elders. You are all people who have sacrificed their lives for the imperial court and this great tomorrow."

"You are all heroes, heroes of the Ming Dynasty, and heroes of the Han people all over the world!"

"We also want to give you more generous treatment, not just you, but all other soldiers. But now the court really can't afford so much money. I believe you can also see the changes in the Ming Dynasty over the years. You can definitely use the rapid changes To describe it. Building railways and building warships. Everything requires a lot of money. I can tell my brothers frankly that the imperial court is now in debt."

"Take the recent changes as an example, why the imperial court would rather borrow money to promote education for all. What it wants is that all children born in the land of Ming Dynasty can go to school and be able to read and write. Including your children.”

Having said this, Zhu Biao took a deep breath and bowed to all the Huaixi brothers.

"For the sake of the thousands of people of Ming Dynasty, I have no choice but to wrong my brothers!"

Zhu Biao's words made them even more ashamed.

"Don't feel wronged!"

"For the sake of the people, don't be wronged!"

I don’t know who took the lead in shouting “Don’t be wronged”, and the others also followed suit.

Mountain-like shouts echoed over the entire military camp.

This cry of "no grievance" finally shouted out all the grievances in their hearts.

These days, the reason why these Huaixi veterans are emotional is because they think Zhu Yuanzhang and the imperial court do not regard them old brothers as their own.

And Zhu Biao's heartfelt words just now were telling them that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did this was precisely because he regarded them as his own.

And if they do this, they can make the people of Ming Dynasty live better.

Then, it's worth it.

A turmoil disappeared invisibly.

All that's left is to deal with the culprits.

Zhu Biao read out the names of twenty or thirty people in succession.

Soon these hundreds or thousands of households whose names were read were all restrained and escorted to the center of the school grounds.

Including Liao Junjun, who took the lead.

Zhu Biao looked at them with disappointment on his face.

"Just for your own personal gain, you actually used these old brothers from Huaixi to incite a mutiny?!"

"Are you still human?"

"You are doing this just to prevent the reform of the army. Because only in this way can the titles of your hundreds and thousands of households be preserved from generation to generation. You not only want to suck the blood of your brothers yourself, but you also want your descendants to continue Suck the blood of the descendants of these ordinary soldiers!" Zhu Biao said loudly, looking at the young soldiers in Youye Military Camp who did not participate in this turmoil, but were silently supporting it.

"If the guard system is not changed and the number of guard fields is not increased, let me tell you what the consequences will be. Take Liao Junjun as an example. He alone has five sons. A hundred years later, within one guard, there will be only a few people. How can we support such an expanded number of military households with the quota of cultivated land for military settlements?"

"When the time comes, do you think that the descendants of Liao Junjun from thousands of households will follow your descendants to eat chaanyancai?!"

"If Liao Junjun's descendants want to live like human beings, they must make your descendants live less like human beings!"

"And this relationship, because the guard is hereditary, is like a shackle around your neck, and you can't break free forever."

"The person who saved you is none other than the treacherous Yang Xian that you keep saying you want to get rid of!"

"The treacherous minister Yang Xian in your mouth worked hard for your descendants and stayed awake for countless nights to formulate the current system."

Zhu Biao was really angry this time.

Even if someone insults him, he will not be so angry.

To slander Yang Xian as a traitor was to touch Zhu Biao's inviolable forbidden area.

The recruits finally came to their senses after hearing Zhu Biao's words.

Do you expect the children and grandchildren of those school officials to eat the same thing as them?

Dreaming!
When they realized that they were being used, they vented all their anger on those hundreds or thousands of households.

Zhu Biao looked at these people coldly and said: "Inciting chaos will be treated as conspiracy and they will be killed without mercy!"

These evil leaders were executed on the spot in the middle of the school grounds in front of hundreds of thousands of soldiers!

The sword light lit up and the head fell to the ground.

The red and hot blood is sprinkled on the yellow earth.

Kill decisively.

When Tang He on the side saw this scene, in addition to admiring Zhu Biao, he also had a bit more respect from the ministers to the superior.

Just being kind cannot make you an emperor.

In Tang He's opinion, Zhu Biao did a good job.

Liao Junjun was truly desperate at this time. He shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, please spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"Please spare my life for the sake of my adoptive father, Liao Yongzhong."

Seeing Zhu Biao was unmoved.

Liao Junjun continued: "I know more other things. I know the real behind-the-scenes instructions behind this matter."

Capital City, Imperial Palace.

Military Aircraft Department.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on a recliner, closing his eyes and relaxing.

Xu Da sat aside to accompany him.

This turmoil was actually doomed to fail from the beginning. Zhu Yuanzhang was not worried that Zhu Biao and the others could not quell the turmoil.

It's just that his face still doesn't look very good.

Because if this turmoil ends with force suppression at this juncture of military reform, it will not be of any benefit to the court.

When he thought of this, Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth with hatred for the person behind the incident.

Damn!

At this moment, an official from the Military Aircraft Department held the latest military information in his hands and walked quickly outside the house with small steps.

Xu Da stood up and took over the military information.

"Is there any news from the boss?" Zhu Yuanzhang, who was lying on the recliner with his eyes closed, suddenly said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Da replied.

"Tiande, come and read it."

Xu Da's hand that was about to hand out the military report was withdrawn. When he opened it, his face immediately showed joy.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has successfully quelled this turmoil without even a single soldier. The few Hundreds and Thousands of Households who took the lead in deliberately instigating the instigation have been executed. Now His Highness the Crown Prince is returning to Beijing with Liao Junjun, the chief culprit who has the key information. On the way."

After hearing the news, Zhu Yuanzhang sat up in shock, reached out and snatched the military newspaper from Xu Da's hand. After reading it, he burst out laughing.

"As expected of my son, worthy of being the boss!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's originally gloomy mood was swept away and he was overjoyed.

But like Xu Da, he was very curious at this moment about how Zhu Biao did this. You must know that even Xu Da thinks he can't do it. What he can do is to use thunderous means to minimize the opponent's casualties.

This point was not mentioned in the military report. It seemed that we could only ask after Zhu Biao came back.

There is also the culprit who caused this military rebellion. He is guilty of heinous crimes!
"The Liao Junjun mentioned in the old military newspaper must be Liao Yongzhong's adopted son." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Yes." Xu Da replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, and the Jin Yiwei in the dark gave instructions and took the order.

Liao Yongzhong, the 28th Marquis of the founding of the People's Republic of China, ranked 16th.

But if we really want to calculate according to merit, his position is far beyond this, and he can even reach the Duke's side.

The founding general of the Ming Dynasty, he can at least be ranked in the top ten.

Therefore, if he were touched, the impact would be much greater than that of Zhu Liangzu.

Moreover, Liao Yongzhong actually saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life.

In the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang would have died if Liao Yongzhong hadn't fought tooth and nail to kill the enemy.

Xu Da looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and hesitated several times.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Xu Da and said, "Tiande, I know what you want to say."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment, and then said: "In fact, in the previous smuggling case of Ouyang Lun, apart from Zhu Liangzu, Liao Yongzhong was by no means smaller than him."

"I had spared his life, otherwise, he would have been beheaded along with Zhu Liangzu."

"This guy is good at everything, except for one thing."

"That's because you like to guess my meaning too much, and you get it wrong every time!" (End of Chapter)