Chapter 678: Clear Rewards and Punishments! Reform the Hereditary System of Health Clinics!

The witch Tang Saier was killed!

This is the end of the chaos caused by the White Lotus Demon Cult in Shandong.

Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, personally led a team to Shandong, trying to appease the people of Shandong and re-establish the prestige of the court.

Anyway, His Majesty the Emperor has opened his heart, and the corvee taxes that should be exempted should be exempted and exempted. The people of Shandong must see hope of survival.

At the same time, Liu Sheng led the main force of the Shenji Battalion back to the capital.

Returning with him was Liu Zhong, the commander of the Shandong Capital Division.

Liu Sheng has always been true to his word. He said he would report the matter truthfully and he would report it truthfully.

Therefore, Liu Zhong successfully met the crown prince Zhu Gaoxu. This was his last chance to save his fortune and life.

"Your Highness, the guilty general is fully aware of the seriousness of his sin, and I beg your Highness to punish him!"

Liu Zhong was so single that he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

Seeing his appearance, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word, but fell into deep thought.

Dusi Commander, the top military attache of the second grade, is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the military region.

But it happened that in such a high position, an incompetent mediocre general like Liu Zhong sat!

The reason is still because of the hereditary system of guard posts established by Emperor Taizu Gao!

This Liu Zhong is the son of Jingnan veteran Liu Jiang and the brother of Guangning Bo Liu Rong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. He also relied on the merits of his father and brother to obtain the position of hereditary commander of the capital.

According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the guard station adopts a hereditary system. Officers at all levels such as the commander of the guard station, the commanding commander, the commanding officer, the Qianhu, the Baihu, the general banner, and the small banner are all hereditary. After the death of the father, Substitute.

In other words, the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Shandong Military Region can be inherited by Liu Zhong from generation to generation, just like those Dukes and Marquises!

But this is a bit disgusting!

Liu Zhong's incompetence is right in front of him, and his descendants must not be much better!

What's more, there is not only one Liu Zhong in the world, but also thousands of noble generals who are in high positions relying on the merits of their fathers and ancestors, resting on their laurels and resting on their laurels!

In other words, this abnormal hereditary system of guarding must be changed!

"Liu Zhong, the crime you committed was enough to warrant confiscation of your home and execution."

"But because you assisted Liu Sheng in putting down the rebellion, you may be exempted from death penalty, but you cannot escape from living crime!"

"I will be dismissed from office immediately, expelled from the army, and will not be employed for life!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Zhong's face turned pale instantly.

He never thought that his life was saved, but he was also completely destroyed!

Liu Zhong lived in the Weisuo since he was born. He was the out-and-out crown prince of the Weisuo. Then he survived his own father's death and was able to inherit the position of commander of the capital and became the emperor of the Weisuo!

But now, the Crown Prince has simply killed him, which is even more uncomfortable than killing him!

Having been a guard leader all his life, Liu Zhong did not know how to do anything except bully and bully soldiers.

If we really drive him out of the guardhouse, he will become a complete useless person!

"Your Highness, please have mercy!"

"The general has really realized his mistake and will never dare to do it again in the future!"

"Please, Your Highness the Crown Prince, please be merciful for the sake of my father and brother's achievements!"

It was a good thing that Liu Zhong didn't say this. As soon as he said this, Zhu Gaoxu's face suddenly darkened, and he stepped forward and kicked him to the ground.

"You still have the nerve to mention your father and brother?"

"Your father and brother fought on the battlefield for our Ming Dynasty, sat on one side, and made great achievements!"

"But what about you Liu Zhong, a loser? You can rest on their laurels and rest on your laurels, but you still caused such a big mess that even the White Lotus Demon Sect can't suppress it!"

"Do you think you don't know that you bullied others and enslaved the soldiers in the guard house? If I hadn't done it for the sake of your father and brother, I would have ordered you to be executed."

Liu Zhong was still a little unconvinced at first. After all, the White Lotus Demon Cult causing trouble in Shandong was not the fault of him, the commander of the Shandong Capital, alone.

But when he heard the prince's last words, he was so frightened that his spine trembled and his body trembled, and he no longer dared to say a word.

What he did in the guard house would be enough to kill Liu Zhong tens of millions of times if he were handed over to the Criminal Department for investigation!

Seeing this guy looking guilty as a thief, Zhu Gaoxu felt even more disgusted, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Well!"

"You are not satisfied with Gu's punishment!"

"Then just follow the process!"

"Come here, take this beast down and hand it over to the Criminal Department for interrogation!"

"Guyuan was still thinking of your father and brother's achievements and was going to give you a decent treatment. Since you don't want it yourself, then don't want it!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Zhong panicked completely and knelt on the ground crying and begging for mercy.

However, Zhu Gaoxu was determined to investigate him and used Liu Zhong's excuse to rectify the hereditary system of the health center, so now his heart has hardened.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

"The villain realizes his mistake, Your Highness!"

Liu Zhong was dragged outside by the soldiers, begging for mercy at the top of his lungs, but received no response at all.

It wasn't until this moment that he finally reacted, and he immediately regretted it to the extreme.

If he hadn't lost his mind, followed the Crown Prince's orders honestly, and left the guardhouse with dignity, then at least he could have saved his life.

But just because he had committed a crime and was not satisfied with it, and still hoped to keep his hereditary position, he completely angered the prince.

Now that he has been handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for investigation, I am afraid he will be in a dilemma of life and death!

After Liu Zhong was dragged away, Zhu Gaoxu immediately took a pen and paper and wrote down his ideas for the new military system.

The hereditary system of guarding must be abolished!

Liu Zhong is just a microcosm of these guard generals!

There are thousands of mediocre losers like Liu Zhong who only use their power to bully others in every health clinic in the world!

And all this stems from the hereditary system of guard officers!

At that time, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang drew on the experience of his ancestors in farming and created a system of building an army that combined farming with soldiers and guarding villages - the garrison system.

Under the military system of integrating soldiers and farmers, one-third of the soldiers were responsible for defending the city, and seven were used for farming. There were far more soldiers in the fields than in combat, which greatly satisfied production needs.

The initial stage of building an army under the garrison system was quite effective, so much so that Taizu Zeng proudly said: "I can raise millions of soldiers without costing the common people a grain of grain!"

Allowing soldiers to work in the fields will undoubtedly greatly damage the army's combat effectiveness. Most of the guardsmen have never received military training or only do a set of radio gymnastics every day, and spend more energy and time on farmland matters.

Moreover, military status was hereditary, and one military household contained hundreds of families, including old, weak, women, and children. Their combat capabilities were extremely low. The combat capabilities of the Ming army gradually weakened from then on.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was intoxicated with his great achievements at that time, but he never thought about the hardship of the life of the military households in the guard station.

Once you are designated as a military household, you will have a hereditary military status. It is very difficult to remove the military status. Unless the Ding family is eliminated or the emperor personally removes the military status, it is impossible to remove the military status.

The military households in the guards who moved from their original place to the important town of Jiubian in the early Ming Dynasty were already on tenterhooks and would go into battle from time to time. In addition, most of the land was barren and the harvests were even less pitiful. There were many deserters at that time.

In addition, military households lived in the same guardhouse with their wives, children, and children, and they had to regularly hand over grains when they were stationed in the fields, so as to achieve the goal of raising troops without consuming national power. If a regular soldier died, strong men must be drawn from the military households in the guardhouse to replace them, and "root supplementation" was adopted. "," hook up" and other methods, which disturb both the people and officials.

Then there are the hereditary officers of the Guard such as Liu Zhong, who only enslave and exploit the officers and men of the Guard, and plunder the people's fat and anointing, causing the military system of the Guard to become increasingly corrupt!

It's time to change it!