Zhu Jinzhang spent an hour hoeing the ground all morning.
Before it was over, he saw an old farmer carrying dung tremblingly, and in full view of everyone, he took the courage from the old farmer's shoulder.
The king of Liaoping Prefecture, under the watchful eyes of the officials and the people, carried three loads of dung for the old farmer.
While proving that there is nothing wrong with his body, Zhu Jinzhang has greatly gained a lot of people's support.
To put the icing on the cake, Zhu Jinzhang personally took two big steamed buns from his lunch and gave them to the old farmer's two grandsons.
King Ming's love for the people was clearly shown in front of the people, which made many people want to die on the spot.
Feeling the admiring gazes of the people around him, Zhu Jinzhang was extremely satisfied. After all, today was not in vain.
It seemed that he had done enough work and it was noon, so Zhu Jinzhang organized his ministers to have lunch.
Everyone was eating lunch in the field, but when the food was served, everyone present was dumbfounded.
There was only a plate of wild vegetables in front of each person, not even the basic steamed buns, and only tree roots were served.
Wild vegetables have a bad taste, so the officials here don't eat them on weekdays. After all, they have the conditions to eat better.
Everyone is rebelling just to live a good life.
Seeing that everyone was not moving their chopsticks, Zhu Jinzhang directly picked up the plate with wild vegetables, then looked at the ministers and said: "This is what the people work for, and we will eat this at noon today!"
After finishing speaking, before anyone else could speak, Zhu Jinzhang picked up his chopsticks and ate as if the wild vegetables were delicious.
After eating several large mouthfuls, Zhu Jinzhang's face suddenly fell when he saw that only a few people were eating and the others were still motionless.
He put down his bowl and chopsticks and said in a deep voice: "Why don't you eat? Why? You think today's lunch meal is too bad?"
Having said this, how can everyone here not eat it? Are they more noble than Zhu Jinzhang?
Everyone had no choice but to reluctantly take the wild vegetables to their mouths with chopsticks. Originally, they thought they were hungry.
Seeing everyone using their chopsticks, Zhu Jinzhang said earnestly: "Brothers, you eat well on weekdays, but I'm afraid you have forgotten how hard we are and how hard our people are!"
"Eat more wild vegetables, let you all feel it, and it will surely make you sober!"
Zhu Jinzhang's purpose was so simple that no one could find any problems, and many people understood Zhu Jinzhang's painstaking efforts.
But his arrangement also had an unexpected surprise.
When the common people saw that officials ate wild vegetables, they felt more balanced in their hearts and became more loyal to Zhu Jinzhang.
The war with Prince Yong's Mansion is about to break out. For Zhu Jinzhang, he not only wants to use his own strengths as Zhang Ziming said, but also develop his own strengths.
War is never a contest of ordnance and military strength, but also the blessing of the morale of the military and the people. What Zhu Jinzhang wants is the morale of the military and the people.
Everyone accepted the wild vegetables and began to eat in silence.
Wu Pingxuan was one of the few people who took the initiative to eat wild vegetables. At this moment, he was sitting next to Zhu Jinzhang.
"Your Highness, the battle with Prince Yong's Mansion is inevitable. I believe that we should exhaust all means to fight to the death with Prince Yong's Mansion!"
Seeing Wu Pingxuan speak, Zhu Jinzhang asked: "What do you think?"
"I thought that the spies planted in Prince Yong's Mansion might be of some use!"
"How to use it effectively?"
"Your Highness, King Yong Zhao Yanxun lives in the palace. If we can manage to kill him in the palace, wouldn't it be a clean sweep?"
"This... I'm afraid it won't be easy!"
Wu Pingxuan smiled: "As long as the design is appropriate, it is not impossible!"
Zhu Jinzhang nodded, and then said: "Plan this matter first, and then report it when you have more clues!"
"yes!"
As a staff member, Wu Pingxuan has to use his brains. Only by showing his own value can his position be stable.
The scene was speechless for a while, and even those who spoke did so in a low voice. After all, who would want to chat while eating wild vegetables?
Under this situation, the cry of a child from a distance easily reached Zhu Jinzhang's ears.
Logically speaking, it is not a big deal when a child cries, but if it is accompanied by the scolding of soldiers, the problem is different.
Zhu Jinzhang's seat was higher. When he looked towards the place where the sound came from, he could easily see several soldiers arguing with farmers.
"Go two people and see what's going on!" Zhu Jinzhang said with a cold face.
Immediately, followers rushed over, and soon the man returned, accompanied by the two soldiers who had argued with the people.
"What's going on?" Zhu Jinzhang asked in a deep voice.
"In response to what the prince said, the two of them took the child's belongings and started arguing with the little boy's family!"
"Did you take the child's things? Did you take them or rob them?"
"This..." The attendant couldn't answer.
There was a "bang" sound, and Zhu Jinzhang slapped the table, startling everyone who was eating normally.
Zhu Jinzhang looked at Zhang Ziming aside and said, "Brother Zhang, you are right, it's time for us to rectify our military affairs!"
"Someone, bring those two bastards over here!"
The surrounding soldiers who were in charge of guarding immediately went over to escort the two soldiers who had committed the crime.
"Kneel down!"
"Say...what did you do!"
When they were escorted in front of Zhu Jinzhang, the two soldiers were so frightened that they lost their minds. One of them kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, we know we were wrong!"
"You know it's wrong? Did you make a mistake?" Zhu Jinzhang asked.
"We shouldn't take things from children!"
"What did you get? Take it out and let me see!" Zhu Jinzhang's tone became even colder.
"The two steamed buns have been returned to the two children!"
Hearing this, Zhu Jinzhang became even more angry.
None of the farmers could afford the steamed buns, so what these two people grabbed were the two they gave out as rewards.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jinzhang was furious.
"Old Wu, what is the crime for robbing people?"
Military law was formulated by Wu Pingxuan, so it is natural to ask him at this time.
"It depends on the situation. It can be as simple as a military stick. If the situation is serious, it can be punished on the spot!"
"Come here, drag these two down and chop them down in front of the people!"
Upon hearing this, the two kneeling soldiers felt as if they had been struck by lightning. One of them collapsed directly to the ground, while the other quickly kowtowed: "My lord, please spare my life, my lord, please spare your life!"
"My lord, I just took two steamed buns and hit them with the military stick more, giving them a chance to make meritorious deeds!" An officer below asked for mercy.
Several people immediately echoed these words, and even Wu Pingxuan also asked for mercy. He also thought that Zhu Jinzhang's punishment was too much.
"Your Majesty, if the punishment is excessive, I'm afraid the army will be frightened!" Wu Pingxuan said the most critical sentence.
"I hope you will plead for mercy for you two, so I will spare your lives for the time being, drag them down... and beat them with fifty military sticks in front of the people!"
"yes!"
It is good to use heavy codes in troubled times, but Zhu Jinzhang also had to consider the stability of the military's morale and the common people's idea of valuing the army.
But this incident also made Zhu Jinzhang alert, and he wanted to put things in order within the army.
It is difficult to guarantee the combat effectiveness of an army with lax military discipline. The implementation of Zhang Ziming's interleaved tactics has become an empty talk.