Chapter 401 There are hundreds of thousands of outstanding people in Ming Dynasty!
“We feel that just erecting monuments for military generals is not enough.”
“We are planning to build several large monuments in Hongdu, Poyang Lake and other places to commemorate the memory of the generals and soldiers who participated in the war. All the names are engraved on it, so that their achievements will be admired and worshiped by the world forever."
"Han. The Tang Dynasty had only twenty-eight generals and twenty-four heroes, but our Ming Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of heroes!”
“We want to tell the world that we will not forget the names of those who follow us! , as our Ming Dynasty continues to pass on, so that the world can admire their achievements at any time and know how much they have contributed to the world. ”
"This is an idea we just thought of. Please give us your opinion. What do you think of it?"
Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his eyes and looked at the officials below.
The whole audience was solemn.
Even Lan Yu, Chang Mao and others, who only focused on the big meal, raised their heads. They didn't care much about those who had something but didn't, but if the imperial court was really prepared to erect a monument for the generals , then their names are inevitably on it. Who doesn’t want to be remembered and praised outside?
Feng Sheng and Fu Youde looked surprised.
They know His Majesty.
Your Majesty does not seem to be the one who came up with such an idea. It is even impossible for Your Majesty to think about this. After all, Your Majesty was very coy about conferring titles and official positions. How could he be so happy to inscribe monuments and biographies for military attachés like them? ? The two of them looked at each other and unanimously looked at the Crown Prince who was bowing his head in silence.
Only Zhu Biao would have such foresight.
Especially when they thought that some time ago, there was news in the palace that His Majesty and His Highness had a big conflict, and they had a cold war for a long time, which even made His Majesty furious, this can't help but deepen their views.
But regardless of whether His Highness proposed it or not, this kind of thing is a good thing for them.
And it's a great thing.
Compared to young generals such as Lan Yu and Chang Mao, these veteran generals have been fighting for decades, and their achievements are shining brightly. Even if they really want to erect a monument, they, these veteran generals, will have more than one monument. But there are many people. Even though they have long been unaffected by ordinary rewards, they still feel excited when they think of this.
It’s just that the two of them are no longer what they used to be, and they have learned to stay calm a long time ago.
Fu Youde and Feng Sheng looked at each other and remained silent, allowing young people like Lan Yu and Xu Huizu to take the lead.
Lanyu is impatient.
Hearing that there was such a good thing, he stood up excitedly, clasped his fists and said, "Does your Majesty really mean what he said? Does your Majesty really want to erect monuments for the ministers and other generals at the major battle sites in the world? He also wants to commemorate the bravery of us generals who charge into battle. Write down the deeds?”
Lanyu couldn’t believe it.
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "We are the emperor, you have no joke."
"Can what we say be false?"
"It is not easy for us to establish the Ming Dynasty. In order to conquer the The world is dead and wounded How many people have we killed? These are brothers who have followed us through life and death, and they have all fought for us. Now that we have gained the world, we should erect monuments and pass on these brothers to let the world know about their heroic deeds.”
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"Those literati have been advocating for these years that good men should not be soldiers."
"We just want to tell them clearly that only good men of the Ming Dynasty should be soldiers, only those who can be soldiers, and only those who are worthy of being soldiers. Just deserve it "Shang Bing, among all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who among us is not a true man who stands upright to the heaven and earth?"
"We must not only tell those civil servants, but also the people of the world that we are not weak to the Song Dynasty and do not emphasize literature over literature." That's what martial arts are like."
"Not only do we not emphasize civility over martial arts, we also want to reaffirm the status of military men." "Martial men shed their blood and sacrificed for our Ming Dynasty. They are worthy of all the things we have done for them. , We not only have to do this now, but we will continue to do it in the future. What we want is to let the people of Ming Dynasty remember that our Ming Dynasty was not sent by the Yuan people, but was created by us with one knife and one shot."
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"We also want you to remember."
"We will not treat any generals who have contributed to our Ming Dynasty badly, and we will make their names go down in history!"
Lanyu clasped her fists quickly and said excitedly : "Your Majesty is wise."
Xu Huizu, Chang Mao and others also stood up excitedly and shouted that Your Majesty is wise.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, and he was quite proud, but this smile did not last long, and Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned cold. He said: "You are too happy too early, we will never forget it. You have made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty, but the people are not blind or deaf. Even if we don’t know about the things you do in private, can the people below know?”
"We would like to see now, when this monument is actually erected in the future."
"How many of our Ming generals will be recognized by the people, and how many of them will be reviled by the people. ”
The palace was instantly quiet.
The expressions of many generals suddenly changed.
As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he had a panoramic view of these changes, and his eyes couldn't help but become a little colder.
He didn't need to investigate this himself. These military generals had exposed themselves. They could deceive themselves, but they couldn't deceive the people who were bullied by them. When the real stone monument was erected, the people's attitude towards them, good or bad, would be clearly visible. There was no need for him to check.
Just seeing so many generals ducking their eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang was also filled with helplessness.
He didn’t really believe that the Ming Dynasty’s Military Discipline Society was disbanded so quickly, but now, he has to believe it. If Lan Yu was just good, after all, he would have known what kind of character Lan Yu was. It's not surprising at all, but now even Wang Bi, Zhu Shou and others dare not raise their heads, which shows that there is something evil in their hearts.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Not only will we erect a monument, but we will also issue an edict to the world and call the veterans who fought with us in the past. We will also let them witness with their own eyes that our own The names are engraved on the stone tablet, and it is meaningful for them to follow us."
"We have not forgotten them."
"I won't forget it either."
"We want you to also remember that the fact that you can sit here today, eating meat and drinking wine, is indispensable for the hard work of these people. People can't forget their roots, let alone their own When you come, don’t take it as If you sit in the court because of your butt, you are in a different world from these old brothers."
"We in the Ming Dynasty do not want ungrateful people."
I heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words. The general looked even more panicked.
Zhu Yuanzhang simply ignored it.
He said coldly: "Let's talk about it first. What was the style of the army before the Ming Dynasty and what kind of reputation it had among the people. We hope it can be like that in the future. We don't want to return to Hongdu or Poyang Lake in the future. , the people greeted us with scoldings.”
“Curse us for plundering and plundering, scold us for arranging troops to disturb the people!”
“We don’t care what method you use. Let me tell you, before the local stone monument is erected, we should deal with all the bad things you have done in private, and bring up the military discipline that the army should have. I hope that when I take you there, you will all be there one by one. Can we straighten our backs and walk over in an upright manner?”
“Remember?”
(End of this chapter)