The Three Thousand Battalion took over the city defense and patrolled the city every day. However, ordinary people soon discovered that these people seemed to be different from the previous officers and soldiers, because they never disturbed the people.
The common people had just witnessed a scene of a fight between gods and gods, and they felt a bit of awe for these unfamiliar faces.
I originally thought that these people were aloof or vicious, but after just a few days of contact, I found that they were completely different from what I imagined.
The people guarding the city gate still checked the people passing by, but they never made things difficult.
When encountering illegal goods, they just check whether the goods are prohibited and whether there are formal documents, and then let them go.
Those with incomplete procedures, those suspected of smuggling, or those carrying prohibited items will be detained directly and the money will not be collected. Those who shout that there is someone above...the so-called big shot who is called out will be arrested in the shortest possible time.
Take it.
They formed a team of ten each and patrolled the streets and alleys. Sometimes, they would take a break at a roadside tea stall, but they would take the initiative to pay for the tea every time.
Even when encountering rogue people causing trouble in the street, they will help deal with it.
Such behavior was unheard of and unseen before.
Order was quickly restored in the entire city of Nanjing, and it was a new order.
Therefore, after everyone worried a little, they just continued to do whatever they were supposed to do.
At the same time, starting from Nanjing Zuowei, the inspection work of various health centers has also begun.
Li Zhen, Duke of Rui Kingdom, came to the Zuowei station and first read out the imperial edict. The general meaning was that the emperor was very dissatisfied with the current situation of the guards. The next step would be to change, and the guards must fully cooperate.
Chen Weisong stepped forward and reported: "To the Duke, all 3,513 Nanjing Left Guards are here, please inspect them!"
Li Zhen frowned and asked: "According to the report from the former commander, Nanjing Zuowei has a total strength of 5,600 people. How come there are only more than 3,000 people? Where are the rest?"
"Returning to the father-in-law, the former commander Si Fangbo had been left without pay for a long time. In fact, the number of Nanjing Zuowei was only more than 3,900, less than 4,000. Before the battle at the Grand Campus, he was ordered to dispose of Si Fangbo
There are a total of seventy-three people in the army. In the battle at the main campus, 350 people from the left guard were killed and 92 were seriously injured. The rest are all here."
Li Zhen nodded, and then ordered all the soldiers to gather together. Instead of giving a lecture, they asked everyone to sit on the ground.
More than three thousand people gathered in a large circle, waiting for the next instructions.
Li Zhen stood in the center and said loudly: "You all serve as soldiers and eat food. You all have wives, children, and children. You have been military households for generations. When Emperor Taizu was the emperor, he ordered your ancestors to garrison here. I will own the fields of Zuowei."
After checking, the total is 360,000 acres. However, in recent years, due to various reasons, there are only less than 250,000 acres left. Let me ask you, do you still cultivate military land on weekdays?"
Devour
Everyone looked timid and did not dare to say anything.
"Don't be afraid to speak!"
Chen Weisong could only say truthfully: "The military field... is gone long ago."
Li Zhen frowned and said: "Where have you gone?"
"The people above... took it, and they would rather rent it to tenants..."
Li Zhen asked again: "The military fields were given to everyone by the imperial court, why should they take them away?"
Everyone was silent again, not even daring to answer.
Li Zhen took out the accounts and continued: "This is the food and salary paid to Zuo Wei by the imperial court in recent years. Let's just say this year. This year, ordinary soldiers should each receive three taels of silver and two hundred catties of grain. In addition to this,
In addition, there are five feet of cloth. Do you have these?"
Everyone fell silent again, and the result was obvious.
Li Zhen looked at Chen Weisong, who could only reply: "No!"
"Where did all this go?"
"It's not like I was deducted from that son of a bitch..."
Now that the matter has come to this, Chen Weisong no longer wants to hide it.
Although he used to be a member of the Baihu family, he was considered a mid-level officer, but in the guardhouse, those who eat meat are always those high-level officials, and those who drink soup are some of the followers behind these high-level officials. Chen Weisong is exactly the one who is being squeezed out.
, Over the years, life has been better than that of ordinary soldiers, but the benefits are limited.
In the past few days, through brief contact with the emperor, he had a strong hunch that the emperor was likely to take big action against the current bad government.
When everyone heard this, they immediately burst into laughter, but they immediately realized that this was actually not funny, so they stopped laughing in a hurry.
"You're right, you were shortchanged by those sons of bitches!"
But Li Zhen didn't care at all and said: "As far as I know, that son of a bitch's former commander was beaten by the rebels right under his nose. He is still marrying a young wife, and that fellow acquaintance actually drank with him.
The wedding banquet is over! None of the senior officials of your left guard have three wives and four concubines in their homes. There are thirty or forty servants in their houses. Where do they get the money? On the other hand, how many of you can?
How many of those who have found a wife can make the whole family not hungry?"
After saying this, everyone present fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, someone burst into tears.
Chen Weisong turned his head and scolded: "Wang Laoba, why the hell are you crying?"
But the man named Wang Laoba still kept wailing and shouted intermittently: "My mother..."
Li Zhen asked: "What happened?"
Chen Weisong had no choice but to explain: "This old man wanted to escape from his country a few days ago. He was caught and beaten half to death on the spot!"
Li Zhen asked again: "Why did you run away? Could it be that there was a war and this person escaped before the battle?"
Chen Weisong smiled bitterly and said: "Where did the war come from? He fled his country because his mother starved to death! He ate food and served as a soldier and worked hard for the court. Why did he even sell his life and his mother starved to death instead?
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Many people present knew about this. This Wang Laobao was beaten to death when he was caught as a deserter. At that time, everyone couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Now seeing him crying, everyone's eyes suddenly turned red.
Wang Laobao's matter has always been kept secret in the guardhouse. Now it is mentioned in public, but I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
Li Zhen waved to Wang Laoba and said, "Come here!"
Wang Laoba was a little at a loss, so he slowly came forward and wiped his tears with his sleeves.
"Is your mother starving to death?"
"Yes, my mother is starving to death!"
Li Zhen solemnly said to him: "The emperor once confessed that he knew about everyone's suffering and wanted to apologize to everyone for what happened before. But, do you dare to accept the apology from the emperor?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare..."
Wang Laobao immediately panicked and waved his hands hurriedly.
"That's good!"
Li Zhen continued: "I, Mr. Li, made the decision without authorization, so I won't apologize. However, everyone must understand the emperor's intentions. The emperor really wants everyone to live a good life, whether it is the White Lotus Sect rebels or the coastal pirates.
, Corrupt officials, or those black-hearted officers who bully you, they will pay the price for what they have done, and the guard will also be reformed in the future. What you have to do is to support the emperor's decision. From now on, we will never
No one will be oppressed again, no one's mother will starve to death again, do you understand?"
Before Chen Weisong could speak, Wang Laoba had already shouted: "Your Majesty, your Majesty!"
Li Zhen took out another edict and said: "This is an edict issued by the emperor. All guard posts must be inspected. Here, the former commander and others have been punished. The land they were greedy for is still in accordance with the previous rules.
Allocating it to the people in Wei is a real allotment of land. It does not allow you and your family to rent the land, but re-measures it and directly allows your family to apply for the land deed."
"In addition, the military pay that has been withheld will be distributed as usual in the future. In the battle at the campus, rewards will be given based on merit. If the officials in this camp, big and small, are guilty of many evil deeds on weekdays, they must be traced out. However, I think that in the big camp like yours,
If you have meritorious service in the school battle, if you voluntarily admit your problems within three days and hand over the money and land you should not have taken, you can forget about it. Listen up, everyone can exercise the power of supervision. It is limited to three days.
In the future, if someone reports it and it is verified, don’t blame the military for being ruthless!
"In short, the emperor understands your hard work and knows your difficulties. Everyone knows that military households are inferior to others. But why should military households be inferior to others? Of course, some people are deliberately looking down on you, and it is also because of those sons of bitches in daily life.
The black-hearted officers do not treat you as human beings. Such a situation will never happen again in the future. Otherwise, your former commander will be a living example."
After saying that, Li Zhen handed the edict in her hand to Chen Weisong and said sternly: "Chen Weisong, the emperor has now officially appointed you as the commander of the Nanjing left guard to preside over the subsequent reform of the guard station. I hope you will not disappoint the emperor's trust in you."
Trust!"
Chen Weisong was surprised and happy. He quickly knelt down and shouted: "I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
When the soldiers heard that they really wanted to give land deeds and pay, they all became excited.
But those officers who usually exploited the big guys had dark faces and sighed silently.
The good days are over, and things will change for Nanjing Zuowei from now on.
If you want to survive, you can only hand over greedy money and land obediently. Depending on the emperor's wishes, it's still too late to take sides.
Li Zhen pressed her hands and waited for the noisy scene to calm down a bit, then said: "In addition, the army has to resume drills. I have seen the left guard personnel. Nearly half of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.
How can there be any combat effectiveness in a war? Therefore, the old and weak are allowed to leave the camp and paid travel expenses. Of course, those who are willing to stay can be responsible for things like kitchen and handymen. The young have to be reorganized and trained every day.
Daily practice is needed.”
"Of course, we can't let everyone's hard work go in vain. From now on, the standard of food will be raised to a higher level. As for other chores, we will deal with them one by one. In short, the emperor is determined to let everyone live a good life and eat well.
Only when we are full can we have the strength to train and fight, so that rebels and enemy invaders will not take advantage of the situation. We will protect our homes and the country and sell our lives to the court. The court will never let everyone down. Okay.
Okay, that’s it, let’s disband!”
After saying that, he waved his hands, but everyone refused to leave.
Li Zhen smiled and said: "Why, are you worried that I will deceive you? Chen Weisong, go and make arrangements now to repay the owed wages to everyone, and also give out the reward money!"
However, everyone still refused to disperse.
Li Zhen's words seemed to have planted a seed deep in their hearts. Once this thing sprouted, they became a little reluctant.
Moreover, the fate of the former commander is something that everyone has witnessed with their own eyes.
I thought something was wrong with Chen Weisong, but who would have thought, this time the emperor was serious and really made the decision for everyone.
The money is not an empty promise, it is really going to be paid, and it will be paid now.
In the past, as soon as everyone heard that money was being distributed, they would have queued up long ago.
But today, for some reason, no one wants to move.
Chen Weisong stood up and shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Go get the money!"
Everyone left in a hurry. Chen Weisong explained something, and then returned to Li Zhen and said: "My father-in-law came all the way here, and I didn't prepare anything for my humble job. That's what it means..."
He was holding a stack of banknotes in his hand, which looked to be at least several thousand taels.
Li Zhen immediately lowered her face and said coldly: "Chen Weisong, did you not understand what I just said?"
Chen Weisong looked very embarrassed when he saw this, but he didn't know whether it was because he was too young or...
"Damn it, do you want to follow the same path as your predecessor?"
"No, no... Master, don't get me wrong, this is... it is..."
"Where did the money come from?"
"This...this...was found from the former commander's home..."
"What did I just say? All the money and land that officials have embezzled will be confiscated. What do you mean by that?"
"The humble position is just... to represent the health center and to respect the father-in-law..."
Chen Weisong was sweating profusely. He didn't expect that something would happen if he gave away the money. What should he do...
"Do you think I've never seen silver?"
Li Zhen grabbed the banknote in his hand, smashed it in his face, and said angrily: "When I ransacked the house in the capital, millions of taels of gold and silver piled up like mountains, which could blind you. If I wanted to
Greedy, will you go to this place exhausted to get this little money from you?"
Chen Weisong knelt down and said tremblingly: "Wrong... wrong, wrong for my humble position. Please don't... don't..."
Li Zhen raised her leg and kicked Chen Weisong to the ground, scolding: "If it weren't for your good performance these days, I would have dismissed you on the spot!"
How dare Chen Weisong say no, he quickly got up, knelt in front of Li Zhen again, and kowtowed like garlic.
In fact, this is not entirely his fault. In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether it was civil servants or military commanders, the set of human relations and sophistication were the same.
If you don't give Shangguan any benefits, they won't give you any convenience. This has always been the case.
Who knew, something unusual suddenly came...
Of course Li Zhen also knew this, so she said with a dark face: "The Three Thousand Battalion will send a small team to the left guard to assist you in daily training. From now on, you should focus on business and make a show for the other guards."
Set an example and don’t lose the emperor’s face!”
Chen Weisong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I will fully cooperate with you!"