After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, more than 5,000 people looked at each other in shock, secretly frightened, and even more nervous.
Look at me, look at you, no one is the first to step forward and hand over the things. There is reluctance, worry, and even more entanglement on their faces.
Zhu Cihong stood at the top of the city, with his hands behind his back, looking straight at them without speaking.
And among the five thousand people, no one dared to speak, not even a whisper, and the atmosphere became increasingly oppressive and heavy.
As the soldier at the front couldn't bear it anymore, he stood up first and threw the two ingots he had on him into the wooden box in front of him. Others with unclean hands and feet also rushed forward.
In the end, the five big boxes were filled to the brim with silver, followed by gold nuggets and jewelry.
Almost 99% of the five thousand people took it, including the eunuchs who were in charge of the army. Only Wu Sanfu didn't take it, obviously he didn't like the small money.
At this time, Wu Sanfu was also very nervous. He did not expect that His Majesty would be so serious. This kind of petty manipulation is normal. As long as he does not conceal the truth, I am afraid that no emperor will care about it.
"All the eunuchs of the supervisory army were killed on the spot! They were accused of breaking the law knowingly and breaking the law. Instead of supervising and stopping them, they followed them!"
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand.
What he said about giving a chance did not include the eunuchs who were in charge of the army. His attitude towards these eunuchs in the army was zero tolerance.
Originally, these eunuchs should have stopped this kind of thing in time, but instead of stopping it, they took advantage of it.
Can this fucking eunuch supervise the army? Maintain military discipline?
"Your Majesty, please spare your life, I don't dare to do that anymore..."
A dozen eunuchs were immediately frightened and knelt on the ground begging for mercy. However, they were dragged out by the imperial guards and held up their swords.
The other imperial guards began to search their bodies one by one.
As long as no large ingots, gold nuggets, jewelry, and some broken silver and copper coins are found, they are all yours.
While all the soldiers were frightened, they also felt that His Majesty was too ruthless, so they all handed him over honestly.
"Do you think I'm too serious? Too unkind?"
"I will tell you today that the rules are rules that must not be broken. No point that belongs to you will be lost, and no point that is not yours is allowed to be taken!
Soldiers must behave like soldiers. The soldiers of our Ming Dynasty should stand upright, fearless in life and death, and cannot defeat their ambition despite any setbacks!
Be loyal to the country, be loyal to the nation, be loyal to the emperor, help the weak, be masculine in everything you say and do, be upright and have a clear conscience, this is my emperor's personal army, this is the person who can create the foundation of the Ming Dynasty with me.
Master of all battles!
But where are you waiting?
How is this behavior different from that of a woman who is greedy for gain?
How is it different from the roosters and dog robbers?
Since I came to the throne, have I ever received half of the military pay from Shaoer? Has this reward ever been unfulfilled?
Or is your monthly military pay and meals being deducted and embezzled again?
If there is, please stand up and tell me now, no matter who it is, I will definitely kill you!"
"Answer me, do you have any?"
"No!"
Facing the emperor's series of questions and lectures, all the soldiers lowered their heads in shame, and the dissatisfaction in their hearts had long since disappeared without a trace.
"This is the first and last time, so I won't care about it. If such dirty things happen again in the future, the army will be eliminated at the least, and beheaded at the worst!
Because I don't need the robbers, let alone the women who are greedy for petty gains. Such people are not qualified to be my emperor's personal soldiers.
What I need is a man who is upright and upright, a good man from the Han family who is unyielding, helps the weak, and is loyal to the emperor!"
At the end of his sentence, Zhu Cixi opened his arms and roared loudly.
He does not want his army to be filled with treacherous villains and those seeking advantage. Soldiers are different from civilian officials. Soldiers should be upright and upright, with a sense of justice.
"We must correct ourselves, be loyal to His Majesty, our nation, and our country, be upright and upright, help the weak, and stand upright! We will never be a robber or a thief, nor a woman who takes advantage of others!"
Five thousand people all knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison.
Even the Imperial Guards and some officers and soldiers who came to watch the excitement knelt down and shouted loudly.
"Okay! If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, you can't do much good, but you can still be a good man, and you can still be my emperor's personal soldier!"
"Wu Sanfu was not strict with his subordinates, so he severely punished the 20 army staffs, and the rest were dismissed!"
Wu Sanfu was about to cry. He was the only one who didn't take it. Instead, he was about to be beaten, but he could only accept his fate.
Who calls him the commander-in-chief?
This incident quickly spread throughout the army, and the impact was huge. The first to be affected were the eunuchs in charge of the army in each battalion, and almost all of them became cautious.
Then the generals at all levels realized His Majesty's attitude and determination towards Tan Mo and began to make plans.
Only the ordinary soldiers were affected the most, especially those men with simple thoughts, who had secretly gritted their teeth in their hearts and wanted to be the emperor's personal soldiers as His Majesty required, and not be free-spirited women or thieves.
This is the influence of the emperor.
Every word and action affects countless people.
………
A few days later, all the military attachés from the entire Xuanfu Datong Prefecture, including more than a hundred households, and all the civil servants from Datong Prefecture had arrived, adding up to no fewer than several thousand people.
Although everyone knew that His Majesty's summoning of everyone to the Xuan Mansion would be bad, no one dared not to come.
One is the respect for the imperial power.
The second was the 80,000-strong army that was intimidating to the imperial court.
There was definitely no room for so many people in the city, so the meeting had to be held outside the city. Zhu Cixiang sat on a high platform, while thousands of people knelt on the ground to listen to the instructions according to their rank.
Everyone felt uneasy, the most uneasy, especially the magistrates, magistrates and guards commanders in front.
"You are all hereditary military attachés of our Ming Dynasty. Your ancestors followed Taizu in the north and south, expelled the Tartars, restored our Han family, and reshaped our Chinese civilization!
In order to express gratitude for the contribution of our ancestors, Emperor Taizu moved them to two places, gave them official positions in the fields, and guarded the borders and farmed the fields. He also made the descendants inherit the inheritance from their fathers, hoping that they can guard the borders for the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation.
It has been passed down to this day, probably for more than twenty generations.
My old Zhu family has never owed you anything, but on the contrary, for more than two hundred years, you, relying on your hereditary official position, have swallowed up all the property of ordinary military households, but you are unable to fulfill your duties to guard the border, so the court has to spend a lot of money again.
Money was used to recruit soldiers to guard the border.
You actually complain that the imperial court is in arrears with military pay. That's all. The emperor of my old Zhu family has always turned a blind eye because of the merits of your ancestors.
But you don't appreciate the emperor's great kindness, and you are greedy for money. You know that those profiteers colluded to enslave the Tatars, but you still provide them with weapons and food. Do you still have the slightest trace of the imperial court in your eyes, sir?
What is even more chilling is that when the intruders invaded, you should have resisted to the death to repay the emperor's kindness, but unexpectedly you surrendered directly without any regard for the emperor's kindness."
"You are ruthless and unjust, and have ignored the kindness of my old Zhu family and you for generations. The friendship of more than two hundred and sixty years has ended today. You must not blame me and take back the gift given to you by Emperor Taizu.
Waiting for all the glory and wealth of our ancestors!"
After Zhu Cixiang finished speaking, all the military attachés burst into tears, feeling scared, guilty and regretful.
"Your Majesty, we realize our mistake..."
"Your Majesty, please have mercy. We will definitely serve the imperial court and be loyal to your Majesty and the Zhu family..."
"It's too late. This is like a woman losing her virginity. Once she does it, she can never make up for it or wash it off!
I actually came here with my army this time, and I will never let you stay in Xuanfu Datong again!"
Zhu Cixiang stood up, clasped his hands behind his back, and shook his head. Although his tone was light, he was very determined.
Naturally, the military attaches heard this, and they all sat on the ground in despair, waiting for the verdict of fate.
"However, you are ruthless, but I cannot be unjust. For the sake of your ancestors, I can avoid the death penalty, but I cannot escape the living penalty!
The commander was to guard thousands of households and confiscate their property, distribute them to Qiongzhou, hundreds of thousands of households, etc., confiscate their fields, grain, and salt, and move the whole family to the capital. Those servants who are willing to follow can be taken away.
The general banner and the minor banners will all be demoted to ordinary military households."
After Zhu Cixiang made the announcement, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time felt like they were mourning for their heir.
Although the lives of the commander and the guard Qianhu were saved, nothing was lost.
Although the official positions of hundreds of thousands of households and their colleagues were temporarily saved, their real estate, food and salt were gone.
“Thank you for Your Majesty’s holy grace!”
After coming back to their senses, everyone had to cheer up and thank the emperor for his kindness.
"Those who want to move to the capital, I will give you half a month to bring your family to Xuan Mansion to gather. Anyone who fails to come after the deadline will be punished as disobedient!"
Immediately, the commanding officer and the magistrate and county magistrate who guarded Qianhu were imprisoned. After the raids were completed, the former and the previously captured garrison generals were sent to Qiongzhou.
The latter was temporarily placed under house arrest in the capital, and after next autumn's harvest, he would be sentenced to death together with the civil servants who had defeated the thieves.
This time, Zhu Cihong planned to conduct a thorough overhaul of the two military posts from top to bottom.
All land was first restored to state ownership, and then reorganized into households and divided into fields. Each household was granted land according to the number of adult men and women, with a minimum of five acres per person.
These lands were nominally owned by the emperor, and military households could only cultivate them and were not allowed to buy, sell or lease them. Violators would be punished as embezzling royal property.
At the same time, 20,000 older or well-performing veterans, as well as middle and low-level generals, were selected from the entire army.
Veterans were granted land according to the number recorded in their records, with a maximum of one hundred acres per person. If the amount exceeded, additional money would be paid.
They will be awarded the official status of small flag and general flag, and will be assigned to various guard posts. They can start a family and start a business. The land they are assigned will also be private land, but they will not be paid military pay.
Low-level officers will be assigned to hundreds of households in each guard post. They will also be granted private land, up to 150 acres. They can start a family and start a business, and their monthly military pay will be reduced by half.
Mid-level officers served as commanders of thousands of households and guards, and were granted two hundred acres and three hundred acres of farmland respectively. Their military pay was not reduced, and they could start a family and start a business.
In principle, the flow field belongs to their private land, but each person can only work in a guard post for three years. After three years, he will be transferred to another place, and the flow field will belong to his successor.
Since the northern land has been exempted from taxes for three years, it is not necessary to pay taxes for the time being. Although the imperial fields of ordinary military households do not need to pay taxes, they must hand over 40% of the land as tenants to the emperor.
Nearly a thousand supervisors will also be awarded the rank of eighth-grade military attache and sent to various health stations to serve as deputy positions. They will also be responsible for reorganizing households and dividing fields.
These supervisors received monthly military pay, but they were not given land.
Each hundred-household fort sent one person to serve as the trial hundred-household, one thousand-household sent one person to serve as the deputy thousand-household, and the acropolis sent two people to serve as the left and right magistrates.
We will try our best to divide the houses into 100-household forts.
The Thousand Household Office has ten Hundred Household Guards under its jurisdiction, and one guard here has jurisdiction over ten Thousand Household Offices.
Zhu Cixiang's plan was to implement separate rule between the military and civilians. In terms of military defense, chief officials with military backgrounds would be in charge, while civil affairs would be in charge of civilians with civilian backgrounds.
This kind of policy will at least continue until the world is completely pacified, and Zhu Cixiang will make unified revisions and formulate a new land policy.
