Seeing that the crown prince was angry, Li Fengxiang immediately relented:

"Young Master, please forgive me. This servant is also carrying out an order. Since I am borrowing the imperial palace, I will return to the palace tomorrow."

Seeing that Li Fengxiang was very knowledgeable, Zhu Cixiang said in a gentler tone:

"You don't have to go back to the palace. You can stay in the Yongwei camp temporarily. The Yongwei camp will bear two meals a day. You are not allowed to leave without authorization during this period. You can move back when I return to the city for up to three months!"

Personal freedom has been restricted, but Li Fengxiang is not qualified to bargain. The eunuchs have already heard about the fate of his two companions in the War and War Bureau. Anyone who dares to object will only die.

"According to the order!"

The tenants of Huangzhuang were notified that the Crown Prince had something to announce to them, which was a big deal.

Although they are tenants of the Imperial Mansion, they have never even seen the royal family.

The ancients were very superstitious. They believed that the emperor was the son of God, and the crown prince was the grandson of God.

In order to see what the crown prince looked like, the tenants of Huangzhuang rushed to the village entrance to gather. Some even ran away with their broken shoes. In their excitement, they simply forgot that God had not given them enough to eat.

Seeing that the tenants were almost all here, the young eunuch immediately ran to report to the crown prince:

"Master Qi, all the tenants of Huangzhuang have arrived!"

"Have a look!"

Zhu Cihong stood up and followed the young eunuch towards the entrance of the village. Li Fengxiang, Zhou Yuji, Sun Yingyuan and others hurriedly followed.

An open space at the entrance of the village was filled with dark, thin, sallow-looking people in tattered clothes. Seeing this made Zhu Cixiang feel sad for a while.

At this moment, he suddenly had the idea to take Chongzhen to Henan to see the difficult life of the people under his rule after driving away the slaves.

It was hard for Zhu Cixi to imagine how Emperor Chongzhen, who had never left the capital in his life, would react when he saw the plight of the people.

"The Crown Prince has arrived!"

Li Fengxiang shouted loudly, and the tenants immediately saw a noble man wearing a dragon robe walking up to them. They all knelt down and kowtowed:

"Greetings to the Crown Prince, Thousand Years Old!"

Zhu Cixiang raised his hands and said loudly:

"Everyone is free of charge. I have something to announce!"

"Thank you Crown Prince for your thousand years!"

Finally we saw the crown prince. The prince's temperament and attire were indeed different from those of ordinary people. The tenants felt that they could brag about it for the rest of their lives.

Seeing the tenants whispering and talking among themselves, Li Fengxiang, the eunuch in charge of Huangzhuang, hurriedly screamed:

"Quiet, the Crown Prince is lecturing you!"

The tenants looked at the crown prince and immediately became quiet.

Zhu Cihong waved to the tenants and said:

"People of the Ming Dynasty, you have suffered from natural disasters every year. I have decided to send you to the city to have enough food for a few days. If there are still crops in the fields, they will be harvested immediately. Everyone can go and help, including my personal guards.

Yes, we must finish the summer harvest before dark today.

Tomorrow morning, I will send a carriage to take you into the city. You can take your food and gold and silver with you in the car. Don’t take too much other things. You will have to come back after a while. I promise to feed you twice a day after entering the city...

"

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he turned around and left. It was not until Zhu Cihong's back disappeared that the three thousand tenants reacted and knelt down to kowtow in thanksgiving:

"Thank you to the Crown Prince for your thousand years..."

In recent years, due to natural and man-made disasters, the tenant farmers have only had enough to eat for a few days. At most, they have been hungry most of the time just after harvesting the crops.

The crown prince actually let them enter the city to have a good meal, how could you not be excited!

There were very few tenants who had not finished harvesting their crops. With the help of other tenants, the harvest was quickly completed. The tenants happily packed up their belongings and prepared to go to the city.

There is no gold or silver, just a few rags. After the food is handed over, I have very little left over. There are many carriages in the imperial village, and it can be completed in one morning at most.

After dinner, Zhu Cixiang was about to hold the first military meeting since the establishment of the army. There were not many members of the East Palace Guards, so he required all officers above the general banner to attend the meeting.

The junior generals of the East Palace Guards were very excited to be able to participate in a meeting attended by the Crown Prince in person. They gathered in the reception hall of the Imperial Villa very early.

Zhu Cihong did not keep his men waiting for too long. He walked into the conference hall shortly after everyone arrived.

Seeing the arrival of the crown prince, the generals stood up and bowed down in a hurry:

"See Your Highness!"

Zhu Cixiang raised his hand:

"Sit flat on your back!"

"Thank you Qianqianqiang!"

Zhu Cixiang glanced at the generals:

"Is everyone here?"

Zhou Yuji, the commander of the East Palace Guards, cupped his hands and said:

"Your Highness, everyone above the general flag is here. Please give your instructions!"

Zhu Cihong nodded jokingly and motioned for his subordinates to take a seat, and then his expression gradually became serious:

"Everyone, you are all my personal guards. I will no longer hide anything from you. Tell the truth. According to the latest information obtained by the Jinyi Guards, the army of 100,000 slaves will be divided into three groups and will detour to Mongolia in the near future to enter the country and plunder."

"You are my guards, but now you have to follow me on the battlefield to kill the enemy. I know that you are not joining the army to defend the country and national justice. Most of the soldiers join the army to support their families.

Food is the most important thing for the people. Your original intention of becoming a soldier is not wrong. If I am not the crown prince, and I am not willing to risk my life as a soldier to kill the enemy purely to serve the country, not everyone is as great as Yue Fei.

But I can assure you that as long as you abide by military discipline and kill the enemy bravely, you will not only be able to support your family, but also be promoted to a noble position. In the future, I will lead you to kill the bandits, exterminate the slaves, and restore the unification of China.

At that time, you were not only the pillars of my glorious Ming Dynasty, but also the backbone of China for five thousand years. I will allocate land to you, but if you don’t have a lady to allocate women to you, if you don’t have a woman, I will take you overseas to grab it.

If you die in battle, I will give your family a pension, raise your children to adulthood, support your parents until they grow old, and build a loyal soul temple for you, so that the people and officials of the court can offer sacrifices to you every Qingming Festival!"

Zhu Cixiang said this, stood up from his seat, and glanced at the eyes of the generals one by one before continuing:

"Soldiers, I now ask you: Are you willing to fight to the death with all your strength for the Ming Dynasty?"

Nowadays, many troops in the Ming Dynasty have problems eating, let alone talking about military pay, promotion of officers and nobles, land distribution, generous pensions, and the construction of loyal soul temples.

As the crown prince, Zhu Cihong's words were extremely inflammatory. The generals had long been exaggerated by the empty promise he promised. They were all excited and with tears in their eyes, and they fell at Zhu Cihong's feet:

"Thousand years old, I am willing to fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty, and I am willing to go through fire and water for you to the death. With just one word from Your Highness, I will be able to kill Buddhas, gods, and gods, and eradicate all monsters, demons, and snakes..."

Zhu Cihong helped Zhou Yu Jiyan Xiongying and others in front of him and said solemnly:

"Soldiers, you are free from all salutes. You are upright men and iron-blooded soldiers. From now on, you will not kneel down to anyone in the army, just give a military salute. This is an order. No one must violate it. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty cannot bow down easily!"

Chief Zhang Shuting rubbed his head and said awkwardly:

"Your Highness, I don't know how to salute military salutes..."

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly:

"I teach you that making a fist with your right hand and placing it on your left chest and bowing slightly is the military salute of the Ming Dynasty. This is the loyalty ceremony. The heart of the fist can express the meaning of the sun and the moon. For the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, it is no less than the kneeling ceremony!"

"Here"

Before Zhu Cixiang finished speaking, the generals immediately clenched their right fists and placed them on their left chests, bowed slightly, and saluted Zhu Cixiang as a military salute of the Ming Dynasty. I like the Ming Dynasty, and the prosperous age began with the prince supervising the country. Please collect it: (https://www.myxls.net) The Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age
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