On the seventh day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Xinggan, the weather was not yet clear. In front of the Ming Pao and Gongyibao in Zhongdu, the carriages for delivering newspapers were lined up. After the newspapers were sent onto the carriage, the coachman drove the carriage to the various yard areas. Stacks of newspapers were sent to the newsstands. In the yard areas where the people lived, there were children of eight or nine years old waiting there early. They would open the newspapers and then send them to the mailbox of the dean. Delivering newspapers in the early morning will not hinder their studies. Whether in Zhongdu or other places in the Ming Dynasty, most of the early morning, thousands of children would travel around the streets and deliver newspapers and milk to the doors of thousands of households, and today is no exception.

At around 7 o'clock in the morning, Ding Mo Village got up and came directly to the door after getting up. Before opening the newspaper, he wiped the door sign hanging next to the door. Although there was no dust on it, this was also a habit. In addition to the door number, the wooden door sign also had the words "Dingfu".

This door sign is the front of the Ding family.

He clamped the newspaper under his arm and took out a bottle of milk from the milk box next to Ding Mo Village. This was for his children to drink and for their children to drink milk. This was a habit that came from the palace. Although Ding Mo Village himself was not used to the smell of milk, it did not prevent him from ordering a bottle of milk for his children as much as possible.

"Drinking milk, I don't know if it can really make people stronger..."

Despite the suspicion in his mouth, Ding Mocun never felt heartbroken that he would have to pay one or five cents of silver for milk this year. In his opinion, even the things that even the dragon sons and grandsons like the crown prince drank were naturally good things.

"At least, this is a tribute..."

When he was so comforting himself, Ding Mocun took a special look at the "royal certification" badge on the milk trademark, but he did not know that the largest shareholder of "Phyalic Dairy" was Royal. Royal promotion of drinking milk may have some stakeholders.

The children drank milk, and as adults, Ding Mocun naturally drank porridge and steamed buns. When he was sitting at the table preparing for meals, his other hand had already spread the newspaper. As soon as the newspaper was unfolded, he almost choked by the millet porridge that had just reached his mouth.

"This..., this is Your Majesty's imperial pen!"

In amazement, his eyes stared at the article in the newspaper. The name of the report was enough to shock him - "The Honor of Soldiers"

"A big river in the Yangtze River flows thousands of miles away, the thoughts of soldiers; Taiyue is strict, majestic, and steep and sharp, the thoughts of soldiers; lonely pine, cold moon is proud and bright, the moral integrity of soldiers. Therefore, soldiers know that there is a country but not a family; know that there is a country but not a body; know that there is death but not a life; know that there is progress but not a retreat; know that there is spirit but not a spirit; know that there is obedience but not a resistance; know that there is order and military discipline, do not know that there is a wife and a enemy country. He is bold, meticulous, dignified, noble, sharp, sharp, sharp, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, sharp, sharp, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, sharp, skillful, sharp, skillful, sharp, skillful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, smart, skillful, skillful, skillful, skillful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful, and powerful, his words The words are sincere. Practice his body in the ice and snow cellar, and take his heart into the dust of buckwheat; grapes and wine are the blood of his comrades; imperial kitchens are precious and shameful, and the projectiles of powerful enemies. He is born as the Great Wall of the country, and dies as the guardian of the nation's billions of nations. Thunder and ears are not shocked; cauldrons are forging bones without fear. Tolerance to others cannot endure; to cut off what others cannot break, and to laugh, women and children can be close to each other; to be angry, lions and dragons can eat and eat, and tolerate the world with different colors; to call the world to hold their breath. The greatness of their ability, the perseverance of their nature, the noble status, and the pure mind... "

After reading this article in one breath, Gu Yanwu felt his breathing a little rapid. His fingers were pinching the newspaper, but one hand kept tapping on the table, and his eyes were still on the thin newspaper, as if he was concentrating on admiring the calligraphy of the throne-chan male dragon flying and phoenix dancing.

In fact, this is just the most ordinary Song font. There is any calligraphy, but it is just a printed print, but this does not prevent him from continuing to read. But those who know him will definitely see that his current state is not admiring.

Just as he was thinking, his aide Xu Fang walked gently to his desk, bent down, and said respectfully to him:

"Sinceremony, have you read the newspaper today?"

Although Xu Fang's tone seemed calm, Gu Yanwu still heard the tension in his tone. Xu Fang was a famous scholar in Suzhou and respected his father's will of "not allowed to enter the Qing Dynasty" to live in seclusion until his death. He served several Qing officials and envoys who were appointed to his family for their pretentious manners and refused to see him.

Originally, Suzhou was adjacent to Changzhou. With Xu Fang's talent, if Your Majesty could join Your Majesty after the rebellion, he might be an important official in the court now. Unfortunately, he missed this opportunity. It was not until His Majesty's invitation that he came to his palace as a curtain call.

In the past few years, Gu Yanwu has repeatedly recommended Xu Fang to His Majesty, but he has never had a suitable position. After all, it is a bit insignificant for him to release a prefect, but it is difficult for him to convince the public. This is why he has been delayed until now. Because of this, Gu Yanwu has a headache and has been hesitating about where to recommend him to.

"Well, this article will definitely cause an uproar."

"really."

After agreeing, Xu Fang looked at the chief minister and said.

"Your Majesty advocates soldiers so much, but I'm afraid it's not necessarily a blessing for my Ming Dynasty!"

Gu Yanwu did not speak immediately. He picked up the newspaper again and read it loudly.

"If the Yangtze River flows thousands of miles away, it is the heart of the soldiers; if the Taiyue is strict, majestic and steep, it is the thought of the soldiers; if the lonely pine is cold and the moon is proud and bright, it is the moral integrity of the soldiers."

He read the first paragraph before saying.

"The generals compare rivers, Taiyue, Gupine, and Hanyue, and this is indeed unprecedented!"

"It's not just unprecedented, but it can even be said to be unheard of. Even when the generals were a pillar in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was no one who praised soldiers so much. What has been praised throughout the ages is nothing more than generals. As for soldiers, even when they were in the Qin and Han Dynasties, they were just vulgar barbarians..."

A staff member who can become the chief minister must be a well-educated person. When he was secluded at home, Xu Fang even read all the historical books, and it is naturally a source of this sentence.

"Book of Han: Biography of Su Lin" "Xiaohui, Empress Gao, all the ministers and ministers were meritorious officials of military power." This shows that during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, Xiaohui, Empress Lü, and Emperor Wen, most of the ordinary officials from all over the country had military merits. The governments at all levels of the country were in the hands of landlords of all sizes. According to calculations a few years ago, about 600,000 soldiers in the early Han Dynasty obtained land and houses for kicking titles, and the benefit of military titles could reach 3 million, accounting for about 2 of the population at that time.

0%. Overall, although the Qin and Han dynasties implemented the military merits and title system, its system was gradually becoming more and more miserable. One was that the problems of military titles and titles were constantly conflicting. For example, the two emperors Wen and Jing had unconditionally "give the civil titles one level" and "give the people as fathers one level one level" ten times, and the other was that they implemented the system of losing grain to buy titles and the system of moving border titles. In this way, the military titles were gradually becoming less and less valued by the people. Since the reign of Emperor Wu, the military titles were no longer valued by others..."

When talking about old events in the Han Dynasty, Xu Fang's words were like memorials and well-founded.

"During the Qin and Han dynasties, even if there were military titles, they often valued generals and over soldiers. The titles were rampant, and everyone in the world was naturally not valued by others."

As for the matter, Xu Fang was telling the truth. Even later, even those who opposed the reward of soldiers did not object was simply because of historical experience.

"Since the first year of Xingqian, the soldiers were granted great titles. Although they did not promote military merits and reward titles, after the first year of Xingqian, they gave a large number of "military officers and soldiers" who were abolished were awarded meritorious officials and soldiers, and the land they passed was granted to support a large number of local gentry. For example, in the first year of Xingqian, His Majesty once stipulated that all soldiers who participated in the Northern Expedition of King Zheng were granted "members" and a hundred acres of land. For "army soldiers" who followed Jiangyin without any fault but did not receive medals, they were awarded "first-class meritorious soldiers" and 200 fields were granted to "first-class meritorious soldiers" and "two hundred fields" for "soldiers" who followed Jiangyin and had no fault but had not received medals. Mu, "give one level of title", and the soldiers who participated in the Northern Expedition were awarded "second-class meritorious soldiers" and 150 mu of land. As for Zhang Huangyan and other troops and those who joined the army before the 17th year of Yongli, all of them received "third-class meritorious soldiers" and 100 mu of land. Even though those who joined the army before Xinggan did not have a title, they also received 50 mu of meritorious fields. This made no less than one million soldiers in the country obtain "fixion" or give economic benefits such as land and houses, becoming a new gentry with the privilege of exemption from service..."

The initial court was naturally dissatisfied with this large-scale reward, but because the world was settled and the land was vast and the people were sparse, this reward did not actually cost much, it was just a piece of wasteland. Compared with the cost of resettlement of retired soldiers, rewarding land was actually the cheapest placement.

On the other hand, what everyone did not object in the end was because they knew that in history, the history of the Qin and Han military merits and titles was not valued after being lightly rewarded, so they were happy to see the flood of honors. Only when the flood of honors became a disaster will it become more valuable and less valued.

Some of them have even made up their wishful thinking. After this Western Expedition, they will submit memorials to ask Your Majesty to grant you great honorary soldiers, so that the great soldiers will be spread further. However, in addition to the old soldiers from Long, it requires strict military merits to become a great soldier. As for ordinary soldiers who retired, they will only get a piece of land, and the fields will also have to be paid taxes.

The period of the great honorary scholars has ended.

Just when people became new local gentry because hundreds of thousands of heroes, and these martial artists participated in local affairs with the gentry in the local area, and often let the latter feel unwilling to live with the martial artists and think they are noble there. Who would have thought that His Majesty suddenly wrote this article in person?

An article "The Honor of Soldiers" makes no one dare to call a soldier a "barbarian husband" again. Your Majesty's words are pure and innocent. Whoever dares to use rude words like "barbarian husband" to describe a soldier is to deceive the emperor.

Your Majesty took the lead this time, using words that are often only used to describe the noble literati to describe soldiers, which caught all the literati in the world off guard. Even if you are like Gu Yanwu, Xu Fang and others, you will feel that Your Majesty is a bit "exaggerated" this time.

"I can have today in the Ming Dynasty, and it is indeed a matter of the lives of the soldiers, but what Your Majesty said today..."

Once again, Gu Yanwu looked at the newspaper in his hand.

"So, soldiers know that there is a country but not a family; they know that there is a country but not a body; they know that there is death but not a life; they know that there is progress but not a retreat; they know that there is spirit but not a spirit; they know that there is obedience but not a resistance; they know that there is order and military discipline, they do not know that there is a wife and a enemy country. They are bold, meticulous, noble in character, sharp vision, sharp means, strong movements, and sincere words... How many soldiers have matched such words through ancient times?"

No matter how well the article is done, it cannot hide a fact - the reality that the past is like a bandit. In history, soldiers are equal to bandits, which is an unchangeable fact.

"Life as the Great Wall of the country, and die as the guardian of the people of billions of nations... Like Wu Sangui, like Kong's virtue, like Shang Ke, like the generals of the surrendered captives, like those soldiers and soldiers who intend to kill all the barbarians, how can they be worthy of such words?"

Perhaps, Gu Yanwu did not object to the praise of soldiers, but he did not like such infinitely high-spirited words. But after hearing Xu Fang say this, he shook his head and said.

"What Your Majesty refers to our Ming soldiers... are soldiers under his command, not soldiers from the old days."

Gu Yanwu has never liked to follow others and follow others' opinions. As the chief minister, he naturally would not follow others' opinions because others confused them.

"But someone will say that!"

Xu Fang looked at the chief minister and said.

"It's not just to confuse right and wrong, but when people in the world see this article, there will definitely be someone who will confuse right and wrong, and there will definitely be someone who will confuse the two. In this way, Your Majesty's plan to be noble for the soldier Zhang Xian will probably fail!"

Xu Fang's words revealed the key point - people in the world will confuse right and wrong.

"The reason why Your Majesty wants to be a noble soldier is simply to take advantage of this time when the world is communicating with the military, and further improves the status of a soldier. After all, since the Song Dynasty, the situation of strong literature and weak military has been accumulated for hundreds of years. If it were not for this, how could there be a lesson for establishing a captain to enter the pass? That's why Your Majesty wants to improve the status of a soldier. Such an elevation is suspected of boosting the seedlings and promoting growth!"

Xu Fang's words made Gu Yanwu nodded deeply, and he also thought so.

"Your Majesty once said that no matter whether you are civil or military, you should maintain a balance. A country with strong military power will be in chaos. A country with strong military power will be in danger. If you lose balance in the world, you will definitely have trouble... This time, Your Majesty is showing his eyes for the warriors, which is really..."

Shaking his head and sighed softly, Gu Yanwu frowned and said.

"I have thoughts about it!"

As he said this, Gu Yanwu looked at the newspaper again. After thinking for a while, he picked up the pen, put it down again, and then continued to pick up His Majesty's article and study it.

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind - how to end this matter!
Chapter completed!