Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 98
The remaining more than [-] conscripts will be distributed according to the number of required troops reported by other theaters.

In fact, it is only necessary to replenish the number of troops in the Susong, Henan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi theaters.

The rest of the war zones are either not actually controlled by Zhu Youjian's Ming court, or the governor and chief military officer have not yet been appointed, and they remain the same.

Zhu Youjian can only take care of Jiangnan and its surrounding areas first, and put aside Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang and other places for the time being.

The specific affairs of military training can be coordinated by officials from various departments of the newly established Grand Marshal's Mansion, such as Ma Shiying, Zhou Yuji, Li Banghua, and Li Mingrui.

Zhu Youjian, on the other hand, hastened to re-improve and even reform Daming's new equipment and logistics system.

Right now, the guards controlled by Zhu Youjian consist of seven armies, namely, the first, second, and third guards in the seven theaters of Huaiyang, Shandong, Yingtian, Susong, Henan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. , Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Armies.

A total of more than one million people.

This is undoubtedly a huge amount of military expenditure and logistics supply, and it puts great financial pressure on Daming.

for finance,

There may be no pressure in the short term. With the reserves of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty in hand, coupled with the huge profits obtained after the currency reform, it can completely pay for military expenditures.

What urgently needs to be paid attention to now is equipment manufacturing and logistics supply.

The cavalry needs horses, the infantry needs firearms and sharp Japanese swords, and the artillery needs artillery, gunpowder bullets, armor, etc., which are all military equipment that urgently need to be manufactured in large quantities.

Zhu Youjian can't let his army keep using long sticks as weapons.

Because of this.

Before the end of the military training in Huai'an Mansion.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian returned to Nanjing accompanied by Shi Kefa, the chief of the General Armament Department of the Temporary Generalissimo's Mansion, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies.

As one of the capitals of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing naturally had a complete weapon manufacturing system.

What's more, when Zhu Youjian moved to the south, Fan Jingwen also asked Fan Jingwen to bring almost all the craftsmen who made firearms and sabers from the official camps in the capital to the south.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian rushed back to Nanjing now to see what the current weapon manufacturing situation of Ming Dynasty is, and whether large-scale firearm manufacturing and improvement can be realized.

Weapons manufacturing was under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and the Internal Government Supervision Bureau, and subordinated to it were the Military Weapons Bureau, Military Battle Bureau, Gunpowder Bureau, etc., as well as other military equipment manufacturing factories.

Of course, the Wang Gong factory, which had a big explosion accident during the Tianqi period, was also among them, and it was an important base for the Ming Dynasty's military equipment manufacturing.

Xu Shilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Shi Kefa, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and Shi Kefa of the Generalissimo's Mansion accompanied Zhu Youjian to the Military Weapons Bureau first.

This day is just after the winter solstice.

The first snow fell in Nanjing City.

According to Han Shoujing, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, the first snow this year came a month earlier than in previous years.

Zhu Youjian, who had practiced a round of Taijiquan in the snow-covered imperial garden, refused Chen Yuanyuan to put on a yellow robe and big cloak for himself. After taking the hand stove from Han Shoujing, he said, "Change into a cotton robe and big cloak of other colors. Weifu went out of the city to have a look, since it’s snowing, we can’t let down the Jinling snow scene, let’s take a look at how the people of Jinling City lived in the winter of Chongzhen’s 17th year.”

Chen Yuanyuan responded, and went back to pick up the casual clothes again.

Han Shoujing sneezed involuntarily, rubbed his hands together and said, "Forgive me, Your Majesty, I am a little old, it's only November, and I can't bear the cold."

"If you are afraid of the cold, you don't have to follow me out of the palace. You can stay in the palace. You don't have to wait in front of me every day. Go to the supervisor of ceremonies to accompany Wang Chengen. Today he is on a job. You were a Hanlin teacher in the inner school before." students, just to catch up on the past."

As he said that, Zhu Youjian greeted Shi Kefa: "Let's go first, and Yuanyuan will follow."

"Shi Kefa, tell me, is this auspicious snow or fierce snow?"

Zhu Youjian said: "The world is in chaos, disasters are constantly happening everywhere, people are displaced, and Nanjing is so cold, I don't know how the people of our Ming Dynasty in the north can survive under the iron hooves of slavery and the swords and guns of thieves. I heard that the children of the Eight Banners have already started to enclose land. , I went around arresting people as slaves, and I don’t know how many Han people I have become slaves, and my wealth and lives are hard to protect.”

"Governing the world is auspicious snow, and troubled times should be auspicious snow. Your Majesty is now innovating and eliminating evils. If the south is governed, the half of the country will naturally be auspicious snow. In the north, I am afraid that there will be another natural disaster after the man-made disaster. I don't know how many bones will be exposed in the spring next year." , I just hope that the plague will not be rampant."

Shi Kefa bowed his hands to Zhu Youjian and replied.

Zhu Youjian nodded and did not speak. The wintersweet blooming by the palace wall was bright red, which made him stop involuntarily.

Chen Yuanyuan chased up at this time, and she looked more and more charming with her pink face and blushing face. She put the sky-scented feather satin on Zhu Youjian's body, and then put the mink hair hood on Zhu Youjian's head: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked me to tell you to wear the red-haired ghost's tribute leather gloves when you go out. They are warm and I brought them for you."

When Zhu Youjian heard Chen Yuanyuan mention the red-haired ghost, he remembered that he ordered Jin Yiwei to go to Macau to contact the Portuguese: "Call the commander of Jin Yiwei, Wu Mengming, and remember to tell him to wear plain clothes to see me."

As soon as Zhu Youjian left the palace, Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, rushed over: "I have seen Your Majesty."

"Talking while walking", Zhu Youjian said and came to the street first, and saw that the whole street stretched to the end of the sky like a long white dragon.

The high and low eaves curl up like a pulsatilla on the side of the street mixed with green bamboo and sycamore trees. The green bamboo and sycamore trees seem to be covered with a layer of white gauze. Occasionally, when a gust of wind blows, they will flutter and splash all over the ground.

Zhu Youjian found an ordinary restaurant and sat down. Opposite him was a low and simple shed, which was full of refugees from other places.

Also fled south.

As the emperor, he and a group of high-ranking officials and nobles can still live in the high hall and sleep warmly, while most of these ordinary people can only curl up in the temporary shacks built by Ying Tianfu.

"Speak to Yin Chengde of Yingtian Mansion, buy more quilts and hay and other warming items and distribute them. Temples, Taoist temples, and mansions left behind after house raids can all be used as temporary resettlement sites. Think of more ways to use work for relief. Don't freeze Too many people starve to death, at least they are at the feet of the emperor, and the people of the world must see hope, and if they don’t have enough money, they can ask me for it.”

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he saw the shop waiter coming, and seeing Zhu Youjian and others dressed in extraordinary clothes, he naturally asked them attentively what they needed.

Zhu Youjian ordered some pasta casually, but Shi Kefa and others naturally didn't dare to order more, so they had to order some pasta along with them.

And Zhu Youjian took advantage of this moment to see that the shopkeeper was counting silver coins, and a richer middle-aged man came over: "Shopkeeper, I don't have silver dollars here, only one hundred bills, do you think it will work?" ?”

"Guest officer, we only recognize banknotes from the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty, is this you?"

The shopkeeper said, and the rich middle-aged man took it out: "That's it. I just came back from selling goods in Huguang. I dare not give you any other money."

"In this case, it's okay, but this store can't find so much change for you. Why don't you go to the counter of the central bank next door to exchange it. Just turn right in front of it. It's not far away. You can exchange it and pay after you come back."

"Aren't you afraid that I won't admit it?"

"What are you afraid of? It's only three yuan."

(End of this chapter)