Daming Military Empire

Chapter 703 Rewarding the ministers and making a global layout
In the 19th year of Chongzheng, the Ming Empire was full of happy events. Just after the new year, Emperor Chongzheng issued an imperial edict to confer the eldest prince Zhu Heku as the crown prince, and the entire Ming Dynasty celebrated with joy.

Immediately afterwards, another shocking piece of great news, the degree of explosion even overshadowed the canonization of the crown prince!

What is more important than canonizing the crown prince?
Speaking of this matter, if you just listen to the name, it's really not a big deal, it's the emperor rewarding the officials.

It is not uncommon for almost every emperor to do this kind of thing like rewarding his ministers. However, what Zhu Cijiong rewarded this time was not gold, silver, silk and silk, but titles and territories!
What's even more exaggerated is that he rewarded not one or two, but dozens.

This is a great event. In the Ming Dynasty, there were very few titles and territories awarded to non-royal personnel. The large-scale award of titles and territories was only done by the two emperors Taizu and Chengzu. Other emperors, who can It would be nice to reward one or two titles, but there are no more than ten titles, let alone dozens.

Zhu Cijiong's award of titles and territories on such a large scale was not a whim, he had many considerations.

First of all, since he succeeded to the throne, he has fought almost every year. Countless soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the Ming Dynasty, fought in all directions, expanded the territory, and it is unjustifiable not to reward;

Then, there were also many civil servants who forgot to eat and sleep for Ming Dynasty, and fought day and night, which made Ming Dynasty stronger than any previous dynasty, and it would be impossible to justify it without rewards;

Finally, the most important point is that the royal family needs people to support them. When he was in power, he could still rely on his own prestige to suppress the Quartet and maintain the stability of the Ming Empire. Once he is gone, what will his descendants rely on to maintain the stability of the Ming Empire? ?

You must know that the area of ​​the current Ming Empire alone has reached an unprecedented 4000 million square kilometers. Adding the colonies and vassal states, the entire Ming Empire occupies almost one-third of the world's land!
In the face of such huge interests, it is impossible for people not to make up their minds.

And he can't guarantee that all his descendants will be outstanding and overwhelm the crowd. In this way, he must leave behind a group of escorts for future generations.

These people are naturally those who have won the title, that is, the so-called empresses, because their interests are closely related to the royal family. Once the royal family collapses, the possibility of them retaining the title is very slim, so they will definitely not stand by. The royal family is down.

In fact, originally, there were still some nobles in the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately they were almost killed by the eunuch Wang Zhen in the battle of Tumu Fortress, so since then, the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty has not been as good as each year, and is often killed by eunuchs or Civilian cliques are playing around!
This time, Zhu Cijiong wants to make up for this shortcoming and leave a group of honorable escorts for his descendants.

The scale of this award can be said to be second only to the award given by Emperor Taizu at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

All the captains of the first-class regiments were all made dukes, including:
Lu Xiangsheng, Duke of the Guo State;

Xu Guogong Cao Wenzhao;

Gongsun Chuanting of Ji State;

Chen Guogong Hou Shilu;

Deng Guogong Zheng Zhihu;

Shen Guogong Huanglong;
Qin Liangyu, Duke of Ju.

In addition, two of the civil servants were dukes, namely:
Ji Guogong Bi Maokang;

Teng Guogong Sun Yuanhua.

All the regiment commanders of the second-class regiments were all made marquises, including:
Qin Gongming, Marquis of Shucheng;

Guancheng Hou Mangui;
Katsuragi Marquis Mao Wenlong;

Yang Geng, Marquis of Gucheng;
Chen Hui, Marquis of Baicheng;
Zheng Xing, Hou of Tongcheng.

In addition, two of the civil servants were also named Marquis, namely:
Sucheng Hou Wangzheng

Song Yingxing, Marquis of Zhucheng
All the regiment commanders of the third-class regiments were all made earls. Due to the large number of people, they will not be listed here.

Among all the heroes, only Zheng Chenggong did not confer the title of Duke, because he is the son of King Zhennan, and he is destined to inherit the throne of King Zhennan. The Duke is too small for him. However, in order to reward his contributions, Zhu Cijiong directly issued an order , Changed the old Hong Kong Cheng Xuanzheng Envoy Division to Zheng Guo, and rewarded Zheng Chenggong as a fief.

Zheng Chenggong is also the only one whose fiefdom is in the mainland of the Ming Empire. The other fiefdoms are all in the colonies of the North American continent. Only after the border guards are garrisoned can they be circled slowly.

As soon as the decree of the reward was announced, it was naturally another celebration, so I won't repeat it here.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong began to mobilize the army to deploy the world for safety.

Originally, he thought that there were too many regular troops of more than 300 million, and some of them would definitely be disbanded after the war, but he never thought that Daming would eventually conquer such a large territory, and would also send troops to monitor and control the anti-Habsburg alliance powers. As a result, the number of regular legions seems to be a bit insufficient.

Of course, these are all good things. The larger the territory, the stronger the national power. If you control the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, you don't have to worry about them developing and threatening Ming Dynasty in the future. Why not do it.

What he has to do now is to station these more than 300 million troops in the most suitable place to ensure that the hegemony of the Ming Empire will not be shaken.

The army's garrison is mainly based on the five first-class legions, of which:
Grand Marshal Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army stationed in Jinshan Port, responsible for the defense of the entire North American colony.

The Zhongyong Army under Commander Yang Zhong is stationed in Virginia and is responsible for the defense of the east coast of North America.

Sun Chuanting, Deputy Marshal of the Army, led the Qin Army to station in Rotterdam and was responsible for the defense of the entire European continent.

Under his command, he has the First Army of the Border Guards stationed in Tsarist Russia;

Second Army Corps of Border Guards stationed in Sweden;
The Third Army Corps of the Border Guards stationed in Osan;
Fourth Army Corps of Border Guards stationed in Denmark;
Dongjiang Army stationed in the UK;
The Dingliao Army stationed in France.

Cao Wenzhao, Deputy Marshal of the Army, led the Guanning Army to station in Guanning City, responsible for the defense of the entire North Asia
The Liaodong Army under the command of Mangui;
The Shaanxi Reserve Corps under the command of Hong Chengchou;

The Shanxi Reserve Corps commanded by Zuo Liangyu;

The Henan Reserve Corps under the command of Wu Sangui;

The First Corps of the Expeditionary Force was transferred back to Kandahar to be in charge of the defense of the entire South Asia.
The Second Army of the Expeditionary Army under the command of Qin Yiming;

The Jiangnan Reserve Army under the command of Zhang Yinghuai;

The Guangnan Reserve Army under the command of Liu Da;

The Yunnan Reserve Army under Commander Xie Chaozuo;

There is also the Wuwei Army stationed in the Eurasian Canal under its jurisdiction.

And Qin Liangyu led the first regiment of the imperial guards to station in the capital of Daming,
The Second Army of the Imperial Guard under the command of Shi Kefa is stationed in Dongsheng Shenzhou first. As for how to adjust it in the future, it will have to wait until he abdicates.

The eight fleets of the Navy are mainly scattered in various sea areas according to needs.

Among them, the Naval Guard Corps was stationed in Dongdaying to guard the safety of the capital;

The Beiyang Navy is stationed in Dunkirk to deter the anti-Habsburg alliance navy;
The Nanyang Navy is stationed in Xingcheng Port and is responsible for the defense of the Nanyang waters;
The North Sea Fleet is stationed at Jinshan Port and is responsible for the defense of North American waters;
The East China Sea Fleet is stationed in Nandaying and is responsible for the defense of the southeast waters;
The South China Sea Fleet is stationed at the Eurasian Canal and is responsible for the security of the canal;

The Arctic Fleet is stationed in Tunguska and is responsible for the defense of the Arctic waters;
The Naval Reserve Corps is temporarily stationed in Dongsheng Shenzhou, responsible for transferring materials back and forth.

With this layout, no matter where there is a problem, at least an army of more than 50 can be gathered in a short period of time. It can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty is solid, and the entire world is under control!
(End of this chapter)