"Park, park!"

Maybe it was because of the bad mood, maybe it was because the Chinese-style carriage was too narrow and could only sit cross-legged, and it was extremely bumpy when driving on the official road full of potholes outside the city, so as soon as he left the city, Zhu Mingzhong ordered the coachman to stop, and then jumped on the horse replaced by the guards.

The mood is extremely unhappy!

Although he was riding on a horse, Zhu Mingzhong's mood was still very dull, and there was even some anger between his eyebrows, the reason why he was so annoyed was very simple, in the matter of granting privileges to military meritorious, almost all the officials in the palace stood against him.

"Fortunately, I don't have the same privileges as theirs, otherwise I don't know what kind of flowers will come out......"

In Zhu Mingzhong's view, the preferential treatment given to the meritorious soldiers of the army is not rich, although after coming to this era, it was found that the so-called "scholars do not pay food", but it is only the "people and clouds" of the later generations, but compared with the "military privileges" formulated by Zhu Mingzhong, the current officials and gentry enjoy far more privileges than them, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty still follows the Ming Dynasty's preferential regulations on officials and gentry. 30 dings of conscription, the following according to the quality of the decreasing, to the ninth grade of free money and grain 6 stone, 6 ding, and the preferential exemption of local officials is half of the Beijing officials, the preferential exemption of the official (gentleman) is 70% of the incumbent officials, and the preferential exemption of the general idle is 50% of the incumbent officials. For the country's superintendents, lifters, and students, that is, gentlemen are exempt from 2 stones of food and 2 dings of people.

Moreover, the number of gentry and students in each place is recorded, and it is listed in the same book as the fish scale land and mu book, and there is a quota for how much grain and labor are exempted each year. No official would be so stupid as to give someone a handle in order to exempt a few hundred taels of land from the tax, so that his political opponent would know that there were thousands of acres of exempt land under his name, which was simply a knife to his political opponent.

For those officials in high positions, as long as they are in official positions, they can get more money through other channels, instead of deliberately risking the risk of losing their official positions and resigning from their posts, saving a few cents per mu and more than a penny.

Which is more important, how can they not know?

Even after the restoration of the two prefectures of Huaiyang, when calculating next year's grain and forced labor, they also corresponded to each other according to the list of exempted from food service, and when the local officials reported, they also reported one by one how much they should pay, how many local scholars there were, and how much they were exempted. For local officials, reporting these figures truthfully is also a way for them to protect themselves.

Those who are officials pay first attention to self-protection, and only then do they say anything else, if they are not light, how can they be officials?

And for all these so-called "scholars" privileges, Zhu Mingzhong did not order the abolition, after all, now he also needs to get the support of those people, instead of forcing them to the opposite side, or even pushing the officials in the government to the opposite side.

Political correctness has always been relative.

Even nearly 300 years later, during the most difficult years in the history of the Chinese nation, in order to win the support of the broadest masses of the people, the "land reform" was abandoned and replaced with a more acceptable "rent reduction and interest reduction". Although he does not know the "way of struggle" very well, Zhu Mingzhong knows very well that if he wants to win any struggle, he must win everyone as much as possible, instead of foolishly pushing the "potential help" to the opposite side in the struggle stage.

Before gaining a firm foothold, any reckless action will be costly!

But now, because of the soldiers' military privileges and their opposition, Zhu Mingzhong's heart is holding back a fire, and this fire makes him unable to calm down.

"If they oppose it again, Lao Tzu will directly issue a military order, and when the time comes, who dares to object, first ask Lao Tzu about the knife in his hand! If they dare to speak out against it, even their privileges will be waived! ”

When the decision was opposed, Zhu Mingzhong naturally fell in love with the readiness of being arbitrary, at least some of the correct decisions would not be opposed by people because they did not understand.

"Jingluo is still annoyed by that?"

Sensing the anger on Jing Liu's face, Shi Lei opened his mouth and asked rhetorically, his voice still having that lukewarm taste.

"Hmm!"

Nodding, Zhu Mingzhong said a little angrily,

"They don't want to think about it, the military exploits of the brothers are all fought with their lives, if there are no brothers on the battlefield for the country, how can there be a Ming today!"

After all, the price that this nation will pay in the next few hundred years, maybe militarism will be criticized and blamed in later generations, but no one else, at least in this era, China needs militarism, needs to publicize force, and needs to carry forward the style of open force. It is precisely because of this that the soldiers need privileges, privileges to show that they are different from ordinary people.

But the problem now is that there are some people who are always unwilling to see the rise of the military merit group, maybe they can't stop the rise of the military meritorious, but they will do everything possible to block the rise of this "military merit group" that covers ordinary soldiers, these very shrewd officials, don't they know that this "military merit group" is completely different from the "military merit nobles" of all dynasties, after all, the honorable people are only a few.

But the soldiers—there were thousands! Once they form a "military merit group", they may even change the structure of the entire society!

"What Jinglu said is extremely true, the reason why my Jiangbei is where I am today is the result of the brothers daring to use their lives!"

Shi Lei's approval made Zhu Mingzhong nod.

"Therefore, we should give preferential treatment to the soldiers, and not everyone, only those who have obtained medals can get some privileges, just like the soldiers who have been tested for meritorious service for ten years, aren't soldiers also serving the country on the battlefield and fighting with their lives? In this way, why can't you be privileged? ”

There was a cold snort in his throat, and Zhu Mingzhong sneered.

"Are they against it now? If I am really anxious, after welcoming back the holy car in the future, I have to let the emperor re-perform the "military merit reward", and when the time comes, "no marquis unless there is military merit, no marquis, no marquis and no worship", I think, what else can they say......"

When he said this, Zhu Mingzhong of course knew what kind of uproar would be caused at that time, and when the time came, he was afraid that he and even Daming would immediately become a heresy in the eyes of scholars, just like the Taiping Army, at the beginning of its uprising, they also received the help of the Heaven and Earth Association and even the local gentry, because their goal was to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, but when they burned the Confucian Temple and burned the books, they immediately became heretical thieves in the eyes of the Chinese people, and Zeng Guofan and others did not use to defend the Qing Dynasty, but to "defend my famous religion" As a general righteousness.

As for ordinary people?

For thousands of years, they have always been rooted in the local gentry, even in the countryside in the 21st century, the villagers are also following the big families in their villages, otherwise how can there be a hereditary rural grassroots.

If the system of "no marquis unless there is military merit, and no marquis does not worship the prime minister" is really implemented, the uproar caused by it may lead to internal division and even internal strife in the Ming Dynasty, which is exactly what Zhu Mingzhong has tried his best to avoid, and "no marquis unless there is military merit, and no marquis does not worship the prime minister", which is too one-sided and arbitrary.

Of course, more importantly, it is impossible for Yongli to make such an order, and even if it is, it is useless, after all, the Ming Dynasty cabinet and the six ministries have the right to refute the emperor's decree. This decree will be refuted.

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong was a little envious of the arbitrariness of the Manchus, how could those minions refute their will, of course, they did not have the right to refute.

"Jinglu, if this is the case, I'm afraid there will definitely be a big mess at that time!"

Speaking to remind Jing Liu, Shi Lei continued.

"If the strategy intends to promote meritorious service, it is better to hold off a little longer, and then make a decision when the time is ripe......

"The time is ripe?"

Shi Lei's reminder made Zhu Mingzhong slightly stunned, and then his brows furrowed slightly.

"Four stones, but this is the right time? When will it mature? ”

Could it be that you just wait?

"You must know that in the battle of Suqian, nearly 20,000 were wounded, more than 10,000 were disabled, and 20,000 were killed, and no matter what else, shouldn't the officers and soldiers who were killed and disabled be given bereavement ......?"

After a slight pause, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes suddenly lit up, and then the whole thing fell into thought again.

Maybe you can make some fuss about the dead and crippled officers and soldiers, first easy and then difficult, step by step, what you are afraid of is nothing more than that all the soldiers enjoy the same privileges as the gentry, so give some privileges to the crippled officers and soldiers first, and you will not object!

Just as the preferential treatment of the martyrs' families, although they were exempted from part of their land and forced labor, there was no objection, and no one took it for granted, and it seemed to them that the preferential treatment given to the deceased was a matter of course.

First easy and then difficult, step by step, and then step by step to improve the military honor system.

If you want to shake one class, you have to establish another class, and how can a class be hastily built in a few words?

However, step by step, we should first take the disabled officers and soldiers as a breakthrough point, and perfect the "military honor system" bit by brick, brick by brick, and when the time is ripe, this group, which is different from both "military meritorious service" and "local gentry," will naturally appear in front of the people of the world with an irresistible momentum.

And that's just the first game!

Zhu Mingzhong, who knew that he could only get a tie in the first game at most, sneered.

"Who wins and loses in the next game is still unknown......"

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong's whole mood finally calmed down a lot, and at this moment, Shi Lei pointed to a village not far away and said.

"After a while, we're here."