Therefore, when the generals in Wenhua Hall heard this, they were all overjoyed. It turned out that the emperor called them to Wenhua Hall to discuss matters, but wasn’t it actually for the purpose of this?

For generals, it is really too difficult to get a title. Many emperors will never grant a title to generals in their entire lives. Now the Chongzhen Dynasty is finally about to Kaifeng!

Thinking of this, these generals clasped their fists and thanked each other.

This made the civil servants around him a little envious. These martial artists, who followed the emperor to fight every day, finally achieved their true results!

Just as they were thinking, they suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen turn to the Minister of War and say, "The current situation of revival in the Ming Dynasty is caused by the soldiers fighting bloody battles. I am not stingy with the rewards of them. At the end of this year, after I worship the Taimiao, I will be awarded the titles for rewards. You will also sort out the contents of my previous rewards and let my people see that I am not a stingy emperor!"

He said this a bit heavy, and it was directly linked to his reputation. No matter how the Minister of War did not dare to object, he quickly responded.

The rewards for ordinary soldiers can be divided into two types. One is military merit promotion, and the other is military merit exchange rewards, such as silver, grain fields, etc.

For most ordinary soldiers, they chose to exchange military merit for silver or grain fields. For example, Man Gui, who had already died in battle, was like this, so that he was slowly promoted to the position of general after a long time. Huang Degong also liked to exchange military merit for silver. He was able to become a general, but he also lost his reputation and had to form a Yongwei camp to promote him. However, this kind of promotion beyond the level is not a common example in the army.

Therefore, when it comes to using military merits for reward silver, it feels like there is no change in these soldiers who have made meritorious service. However, if the Ministry of War summarizes all the rewards from the past years and publishes them, it will be very shocking.

Even if a military soldier took the reward silver to gamble, he had nothing, but in the account book of the Ministry of War, how much military achievements he made in exchange for the reward silver was recorded again.

The ministers in the Wenhua Hall did not think much about Emperor Chongzhen's request. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen had a very big intention.

The reason why he was awarded a title at this time and announced the rewards to the Ming soldiers all the time. In addition to the 17th year of Chongzhen, it was another very big reason, which was to make the people of the Ming Dynasty realize: Wow, it turns out that being a soldier can also have such great benefits!

The implementation of the whole-minister military service system in the northwest is an exception; now, in Liaodong, Hong Chengchou has also begun to implement the whole-minister military service system. This matter will sooner or later spread within the pass, and then someone will guess that the emperor probably wanted to implement the whole-minister military service system in the entire Ming Dynasty.

If there is no benefit in joining the army and it is not enviable, then the implementation of the military service system of the whole militia will encounter great resistance. But now, after Emperor Chongzhen lets them all see the benefits of joining the army, the resistance will be much less. After all, the waste of money and a large amount of grain fields are all very real things, not to mention that Emperor Chongzhen will not be stingy with titles. These are all very attractive.

I believe there will be many scholars, and I will probably join the army by then.

Only in this way can the situation of civil and noble people being lighter than military officials be reversed.

In this era, don’t be afraid that there will be no military achievements to be made without war. In this era, there are wars to be fought!

Overall, the first major tribute after the Emperor returned to Beijing was still very harmonious and happy.

After Emperor Chongzhen set the basic tone, the specific details were discussed by the ministers below. Including sending envoys to Weilat Mongolia and Khalkha Mongolia, giving them what requests, etc., they all had to be decided after discussion. The decree for the three-sided governor and the Xuanda Governor, requiring the disaster-stricken people of Qin and Jin to move to the Hetao area.

When they discussed it almost, it was almost dusk.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to disperse the court. Before leaving, he smiled at the ministers below and said, "Tomorrow, I will give lectures to the prince myself, so all the officials may wish to listen."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned again. The emperor gave a lecture himself?

What is it about? It is the way to govern the country. This requires civil and military officials to listen to it?

Is it the leader of the war? If so, then it should be the general who went to listen to it?

If you can't figure it out, you're curious. Don't say that the emperor has invited you, but you don't have any invitations. I guess a qualified minister might speak up.

After the scattered yamen, they realized that the emperor's lecture was not a temporary idea at all, but had already made a decision before the Wenhua Palace discussed the matter, and the news spread.

When I give lectures to the prince, the prince's companion will naturally participate. Even the parents who are accompanying the prince's companion were invited by Emperor Chongzhen. For example, Zheng Zhilong, who was "dismissed", was invited in the capital.

Although it was evening, the emperor was going to teach the prince suddenly became the focus of attention in the whole city. Everyone was curious, why did the emperor invite so many people to listen to the lectures? What exactly was the emperor talking about?

Under this curiosity, the next day, the teahouses and restaurants in the capital were very lively.

The people in the capital gathered in these places, and only the crowds were so interesting! They were talking about this matter, waiting for news from the palace to see if they guessed it?

This is also a loss for the current living standards. Otherwise, there would be no time to be busy with life!

All the invited governments wore dresses representing their identities, solemnly packed up early in the morning, and rushed to the palace gate to wait outside. Of course, Zheng Zhilong was indispensable.

He had talked with Emperor Chongzhen several times, and was often shocked by Emperor Chongzhen's sudden thoughts. Just like the other side of the ocean, there must be a banner of the Ming Dynasty. Which emperor would have had this idea before? Including others, even himself, the pirate king, did not have such ambitions, but Emperor Chongzhen had such an idea when Jianlu was still strong at that time!

Therefore, it can be said that Zheng Zhilong is more curious than anyone else. Because he knew that since Emperor Chongzhen taught the prince so grandly, it would definitely not be the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, the Emperor's Art, or something that would shock everyone!

After thinking for a long time, I couldn't think of anything. Zheng Zhilong turned around and looked at his son beside him. He was now twenty years old, almost tall and handsome. Among all the princes accompanying him, he was one of them who performed well. Zheng Zhilong was relieved of this.

However, he also realized that his son seemed to have little interest in what Chen Zilong of the Agricultural Department and Song Yingxing of the Kaiwu Department said.

Zheng Zhilong was a little dissatisfied with this. That was something the emperor valued, so you had to learn it well. Otherwise, what if the emperor knew about it one day and didn’t like you? This young man is just more willful!

Anyway, he was still waiting to enter the palace, so Zheng Zhilong began to mention his son obscurely.

Zheng Chenggong was very smart. He knew what his father was saying at the moment of hearing, so he said a little resistant: "Dad, I feel that those things are useless!"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he couldn't help but glared at his eyes: "It's useless. Why did the emperor ask the two confidant ministers to teach the prince? Think about it with your brain, is this matter useful?"

In his opinion, it is not actually because the content taught is useful or not, but because the emperor cares about this matter, that is, no matter what is useless, it will become useful! In other words, if you don’t care about the content, but care about trying to please the emperor, this is the key point!

However, it is obvious that Zheng Chenggong is not as worldly as his father. After hearing his father's words, he straightened his neck and defended: "It's not just the only one who thinks so, the prince also thinks so. He told the child in person. He was a little resistant during the lecture."

"..." Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong was stunned. Suddenly, he understood a little, why the emperor had just returned to Beijing and was so anxious to teach in person, and he also let so many people listen on a large scale. Maybe it was related to the prince's attitude.

Think about it, do the emperor need to care about other people? Only the prince is the emperor who is very concerned about it. It seems that today the emperor personally teaches the prince, and he may have to teach the prince, and let the prince accompany him to study, as well as the parents who accompany him to study, just to give a warning. It is not the same as the prince. Once the prince has such signs, he should advise the prince.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhilong felt that he had understood the intention of Emperor Chongzhen's teaching in person, so he lowered his face and scolded Zheng Chenggong for a few words, and then reminded him earnestly that although the prince is the future emperor, he is still the prince after all. The emperor is wise and powerful, and his body is always healthy. Therefore, the first thing to do is to satisfy the emperor today.

For example, if others resist this matter, it is the same as the prince. Why don’t you advise the prince? Even if you have this meaning, it’s fine. In this way, the emperor will continue to look at you with admiration when he hears it.

After talking a lot, Zheng Zhilong sighed and said, "The Zheng family has paid a great price to be the prince to accompany you to study. Although the emperor will still rely on his father in the future, you can't be the A Dou you can't help. Dad doesn't want you to be the father protecting you all your life!"

In his opinion, it was because he clearly obeyed Emperor Chongzhen's order and agreed to Emperor Chongzhen to lead the fleet north, and also distributed half of the protective silver he received every year to the court, and kept purchasing Nanyang grain for the court, etc. As one of the rewards, Emperor Chongzhen valued his son so much, not only gave his son a name, but also made his son a prince accompany him to study, etc.

It is undeniable that there are indeed these reasons. However, Zheng Chenggong's original historical contributions actually have a considerable part of the reason. Otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen would not have changed Zheng Sen's name to Zheng Chenggong.

After hearing his scolding, Zheng Chenggong's face suddenly turned red. As long as he was an ambitious person, who would be said to be unable to help?

At this moment, he secretly swears in his heart that he must show his father whether he will rely on his father or his own abilities in the future!

After waiting for a while, finally an eunuch came to pass the order and let them all go in.

The location remains unchanged, but it is still in the Eastern Palace. However, there are many people coming and the hall is not big enough. The eunuch led them and stood in front of the hall.

At this time, it was almost the Chinese New Year. Although there was no wind, the weather was still very cold. Most people were unwilling to stay in the open air.

Fortunately, these people are either rich or noble, dress well, and don’t feel that it’s cold. Moreover, winter has risen, so they can give you some warmth.

What made them a little strange was that in the middle of the courtyard outside the hall, there was a general cannon, a Franc machine cannon, a teapot, a Kongming lantern, a bamboo dragonfly, etc.

There are actually many military and national heavy weapons to toys. By the way, do you also need to make a pot of tea for everyone to drink?

Everyone looked at these, wondering, what kind of dragon gate formation is the emperor?

Not long after they arrived, Emperor Chongzhen led the prince to the emperor. Chen Zilong, the Agricultural Department and Song Yingxing, the founding Department, also followed him.

Emperor Chongzhen sat in front of the hall, and after the ministers finished their greetings, the lecture began.

Chen Zilong and Song Yingxing stood on the left and right sides of Emperor Chongzhen respectively. Standing in front was the crown prince. Behind the crown prince, there were many crown princes accompanying him. As for other important officials of the court, the parents of the crown prince accompanying him, they were all on both sides. After all, the protagonist today is the crown prince and the crown prince accompanying him.

Everyone looked at the emperor with curiosity, wanting to hear what the emperor was going to say?

Then Emperor Chongzhen saw that he had a serious face and said to the prince: "I have heard that farming and art of opening things are all minor ways. What the prince learned should not be like this, so he already had a desire to resist."

At the beginning, whether it was farming or the art of opening things, the young prince and others were very interested. It was very interesting to hear the growth and changes of plants and distinguish different plants. Especially the art of opening things, after the glass came out, the experimental course also made them very interested.

However, as we grow older, some ideas inevitably affect them. We think that the prince should pay more attention to the Four Books and Five Classics, the books of sages, and learn the ways of emperors, such as farming and the art of opening things. These are all small ways and learning is useless.

For Chen Zilong and Song Yingxing, they could not make the lesson lively. At most, they could understand more by reading the text. These things were fresh at first, but later they would become boring. Many people in later generations wanted to sleep when they heard about mathematics, physics and chemistry, and they could prove it.

Therefore, what the queen told Emperor Chongzhen was that the students led by the prince began to resist the lectures of Chen Zilong and Song Yingxing. She knew that even if she didn't say it, the emperor was concerned about this, and he would definitely know it when Emperor Chongzhen asked about it. Therefore, he said it as soon as he asked.
Chapter completed!