As soon as Zhu Houzhao and Qiu Ju walked out of the Royal Industrial Laboratory, Liu Jin came to Zhu Houzhao's place.

"The emperor, Xu Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, has applied to join the Zhongjun Society. This is his application." Liu Jin handed the application to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, thinking that Xu Jin was just a little bit, but he didn't want Xu Jin to join the club so easily, and just took out a booklet from his bookcase:

"Since he has applied to join, Gu Dayong will send someone to investigate him, and even interview him, and you ask him to wait for the news first. Zhongjun Society is a society with a sense of mission and faith. Developing members must be strict and lenient. Those who are determined to seek benefits for the Ming Dynasty and the people cannot enter. Even if he is the Left Minister of War, he cannot be too hasty."

Liu Jin nodded and said yes. He knew that Emperor Zhu Houzhao wanted to do great things. Letting them develop the Loyal King Society also meant to discover wise ministers and generals who were truly worthy of training.

On this day, Liu Jin followed Zhu Houzhao's instructions to find Xu Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War:

"After the organization's assessment, I found that you had deducted 3,000 stones of military rations when you were a governor in Taiyuan, which disappointed the organization."

Xu Jin didn't know what to say for a moment, and he couldn't defend himself, because it has become a normal unspoken rule to control the army to deduct military pay and rations. Otherwise, he would not have money to support his staff and improve his quality of life. Moreover, he had to bribe high-ranking officials in the capital, so he usually did not pursue the matter too much. Even if he committed corruption, he would not be punished for corruption. This is the default rule in the officialdom.

Xu Jin smiled awkwardly, unable to hide his disappointment on his face. He did not expect that Zhongjun Society was so strict that he would be used as a stain because he deducted military rations many years ago: "So, Xu can't join Zhongjun Society?"

Xu Jin really wanted to ask if he couldn't join Zhongjun Society again if he didn't even have the opportunity to become the Minister of War, but he still didn't ask.

At this time, Liu Jin laughed: "But the organization found that although you were corrupt, you were not afraid of life and death in combat. In Liaodong and Taiyuan, you dared to lead the way and kill the Tartars. During your tenure, no Tartars dared to violate them. It can be seen that you still have the merits of protecting the border people. Therefore, the organization decided to temporarily develop you as a member of the preparation for the time being, which will test you for a longer period of time;

You must remember that joining the Zhongjun Society is a person with aspirations who seek benefits for the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world can join. Naturally, the assessment should be stricter. This is the "Outline of the Zhongjun Society" and the "Plan for Governance of the Country". You can take it back and study hard. Remember to write a study summary and a personal governance summary after a year. At that time, the organization will evaluate you again. If you pass the assessment, you can be called a member of the Zhongjun Society."

After Liu Jin finished speaking, Xu Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, realized that joining Zhongjun Society was so troublesome, but for this reason, he began to feel that Zhongjun Society might not be a group like joining the group to keep warm, or it might be an organization with ideals and mission, because it was very troublesome, which aroused Xu Jin's desire to join. Now he felt more and more that if he joined this Zhongjun Society, it would mean that he was a true wise minister and good official.

"I, Xu Jin, are also an ambitious person! Please rest assured that Eunuch Liu, Xu will go back to read these two books now, and the organization will not be disappointed at that time." Xu Jin said and stood up and left. The word "organization" blurted out from him unconsciously, but after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but be surprised by his actions just now, thinking who invented this word, it was so powerful!

This was naturally invented by Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao knew that it was difficult to make one person loyal to one person, because human nature wanted to pursue freedom and was unwilling to be controlled by another person. However, human beings are creatures of group nature, and they naturally hope to get recognition and affirmation from others.

Therefore, it is still difficult for Zhu Houzhao to let these officials be loyal to him, the emperor. Although they have accepted Confucianism's idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor for so long, they regard the emperor as their father on the surface, but often they regard the emperor as a bandit and will not be very loyal to the emperor. This is because one person will not be willing to be loyal to another person.

But it is different if it is a group. Because people are afraid of loneliness, they dare not betray a group and even take the initiative to obey a group. This is called herd mentality, which is why officials would rather offend the emperor than offend the civil servant group.

Zhu Houzhao is now trying to develop a group organization that represents his will. He wants the people of this group to understand that betrayal of himself is not betrayal of the emperor, but of the entire group. If he cannot get the recognition of this group, it means that he has not been recognized by many people. Moreover, the people of this group represent the best elites. If you don’t get the recognition, it means that you are a loser.

Xu Jin now had the desire to get the "organization" to identify with him. This desire even exceeded his desire for the Minister of War, making him forget that his original purpose was to be promoted to the Minister of War.

When Xu Jin went back, he began to carefully read the "Outline of the Loyalty Society" and the "Outline of the Governance of the Country". In order to understand the organization's intentions and be recognized by the organization, he could be said to be studying day and night. As a literati, he even instinctively annotated and expressed his understanding and insights.

As the two Jinshi who passed the eight-legged essay exam, he is best at doing reading comprehension and application essays, and brainwashing himself with exam questions. Therefore, in order to gain the recognition of the organization, he has also begun to use the "Outline of the Loyalty Society" written by Zhu Houzhao and the "Outline of the Governance of the Country" to brainwash himself. In the end, he feels more and more that he has become much more fulfilled and he feels more and more that he should join the Loyalty Society.

At this time, Liu Jin also reported to Zhu Houzhao the latest situation on the development of the Left Minister of the Ministry of War Xu Jin: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xu agreed to the organization to conduct an assessment of him, and first learn your spirit as a member of the preparation."

"Very good. Since that's the case, he can be chosen as the Minister of War. Let Wang Yue, the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of War, come to see me!" Zhu Houzhao said.

Liu Jin was a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, he has not become a member of the community yet, why did he let him become the Minister of War? Shouldn't he let him become a member of the community first? This Minister of War is one of the nine ministers!"

"I just want to let him know that becoming a member of the Zhongjun Society is more difficult than becoming a Minister of War. No matter how big the officials of the court have a chance, but if you want to become a member of the Zhongjun Society, you are destined to be an idealist with thoughts and beliefs, and colleagues with common goals. Otherwise, even the Minister of Gonghou Pavilion cannot join. Let people understand that joining the club is really not for promotion but for proving that you are an excellent person!"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, Liu Jin understood a little and hurriedly nodded and left.

Zhu Houzhao smiled. Through Xu Jin's incident, he found that the thoughts of people in this era were really scarce. Even senior officials like the Left Minister of War could be allowed to be merciless in their thoughts. This shows how easy it is for people who lack the ability to think under Neo-Confucian education to be brainwashed. No wonder later Western missionaries could successfully fool the cabinet ministers into the church, and even the White Lotus Sect could exist all the time.

Zhu Houzhao believes that in the future he can develop more people with the same strong national consciousness and reform consciousness as him.

Not long after, Wang Yue came, and Zhu Houzhao chose Xu Jin as the Minister of War on the grounds that Xu Jin was a little handsome.

After Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, told Liu Jian and others this reason, Liu Jian and others laughed, thinking that the emperor was really unrighteous and would undoubtedly be foolish in the future.

Wang Hua later found out, and couldn't help looking in the mirror, sighing that his face was obviously acceptable, so why could he not be as good as Xu Jin? Therefore, he couldn't help asking his son Wang Yangming: "Who is beautiful or Xu Gong?"
Chapter completed!