"Your Highness's trip will definitely be able to conquer the two in one fell swoop."

"His Royal Highness uses soldiers like gods, and the soldiers of Guangdong and Gui are difficult to ......"

"Where the army of heaven comes, the rebels will descend from the wind......"

"First set the south of the Yangtze River, and then cut down the eastern captives, I will get Zhongxing ...... in the Ming Dynasty"

Zhu Linmiao saw that the courtiers were so obedient and didn't want money to talk endlessly, so he had to raise his hand to signal quiet, and asked Pang Tianshou to read another holy decree.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict said. The country is in a state of great misfortune, trapped in half of the wall and thieves, and the world is worried. For example, the battle of the Gai army is unfavorable, the orders will be uninterrupted, the soldiers will not be brave in battle, and the soldiers will be weak, and the guards will be eroded......

Therefore, the first emperor ordered the new army to be carried out to revitalize the country's prestige, and after several battles in Jiangxi and Fujian, its effect was remarkable......

"Today, it is the resumption of Sheji, following the northward march into the two capitals, which is just according to the new army's law, and it will be pushed to effect......

"The edict ordered the military department to reform the military system from now on, abolish the guards, stop private soldiers, and do it all over the world. Since then, the soldiers and horses of the country have been divided into field battles and garrisons, and they have been raised by the national treasury. The main field warlord rebels, resists foreign enemies, and uses the elite. The garrison is mainly surveying the chaos, maintaining the rank, and defending the territory in order to determine the place......

"Chin this."

The Ming Dynasty has relied on the pillar of the guard since the beginning of the dynasty, and the military system was abolished immediately? Officers are no longer allowed to recruit private soldiers? Field, station? All supported by the taxes of the imperial court?

The courtiers were stunned by this series of moves, and they looked at each other in amazement.

In fact, after the previous military transformation, the guard post no longer exists, although there are still some private soldiers, but there are basically no more than 1,000 troops.

The distinction between the field army and the garrison has not been mentioned on the surface, but the Long Wei Army and the Broken Battalion are essentially field armies, and the troops of Wan Yuanji, Zhu Youzhen and others can only guard the place, which is no different from the duties of the garrison.

Therefore, the second step of the military reform seems to be extremely dynamic, but in fact it has been completed quietly and meticulously, and now it is just a formal announcement and a rule.

Almost all the generals in the court are from the Dragon Guard Army and the Broken Camp, and there are other sources, and basically they are all only the head of the auxiliary government.

Yes, when Pang Tianshou finished reciting the holy decree, the military generals immediately shouted, "The minister's decree, the emperor is shengming!" ”

Most of the civil officials have nothing to do with themselves, so there is no need to dismiss His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King. Some old stubborn people wanted to shout a few words "Broken the ancestral system", but when they turned their heads and saw that the generals were like a monolith, they had to suppress their thoughts.

The announcement of the two major events of the Western Expedition and the military reform was completed, and Zhu Linmiao made some arrangements for the operation of the imperial court during the Northern Expedition - basically the cabinet was responsible for handling government affairs, and the major matters were decided by the three ministers who took care of their orders - and the dissolution of the dynasty was announced.

As soon as he walked down the steps in front of the Wenhua Palace, Zhang Jiayu had already sent someone to report to Zhu Linmi, saying that the Dragon Guard Army of the Western Expedition had been assembled in the southwest of Tianxing Mansion and could be drawn at any time.

That's the efficiency of a new type of army!

And Zhu Linmiao, as a person who is accustomed to the rhythm of life in later generations, will not be inefficient.

He was hesitating whether to recruit Yu Xin and tell him about the division of the garrison military region, or then he set off to lead the army west to Guangdong, when he saw Zheng Guangying coming quickly with a person.

"Your subordinates meet His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King."

The two stepped forward to salute, and Zhu Linmiao saw that behind Zheng Guangying was Ma Yanzhen, who was in charge of the Nan'an Shipyard.

"Tell me everything."

Zheng Guangying said: "Back to Your Highness, Ma Yanzhen reported this morning, saying that he had found the two craftsmen that Zheng Yi had brought from Nanyang before. ”

As he spoke, he signaled behind him, and Ma Yanzhen hurriedly continued: "They have not been far away from Nan'an, and they have been hiding in Shiqu Village for more than a month. The subordinates sent people to search for people with foreign accents in the countryside, and Deli reported that the two were arrested. ”

"You've done it again." Zhu Linmiao nodded in praise. According to the Nan'an shipwright, the two men must have been familiar with the construction of Galen ships. With their skills and the drawings they provided, it seems that it will not be long before the Galen warship of the Great Ming Naval Division will be able to appear.

He immediately frowned again and said to Ma Yanzhen: "You said 'capture' these two? They are very useful to the sailors, and they must not be neglected. ”

"Yes. The subordinates knew their mistakes, and when they went back, they made amends. ”

Zheng Guangying said on the side: "Your Highness, according to the confessions of these two craftsmen...... As said, their hometown was originally in southern Fujian, and they went to Luzon because their ancestors fled. He also said that south of Luzon there was a shipyard built by the Eziba people, but there were many descendants of the Ming people who worked as craftsmen here, and many of them were far superior to the two of them in shipbuilding skills. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Linmiao's eyes narrowed slightly when she heard this, the shipbuilding skills of the Spaniards are among the best in Europe, and Manila is indeed one of the best shipyards in Asia in history. If there are Chinese people among them, they may be able to dig the foot of the wall.

"Can they mention whether these artisans who have gone abroad have any intention of returning to their homeland?"

The Ming Dynasty was no more than it was in the 20th century, when everyone sharpened their heads and wanted to go abroad. Nowadays, the Ming people call foreign countries a wilderness, but there is really no way, and no one wants to leave the Ming Dynasty.

Sure enough, Zheng Guangying said: "He said that Luzon craftsmen often think about returning to their hometowns, but the Yiren are very strictly supervised, but they have a rare opportunity." ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said: "You pick some capable subordinates, let the Ministry of Rites help them go to Luzon, and if you need to spend the silver, find a way to get some excellent shipwrights for me back!" ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Zhu Linmiao looked at Ma Yanzhen again and said, "You are a talent, you have made meritorious contributions twice in a row, and you will be promoted to a thousand households in the future." ”

Ma Yanzhen hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Highness Xie cultivates!" ”

……

As soon as Shen Shi arrived, the 4,000 main forces of the Dragon Guard Army headed towards Shanghang under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King. From there, they will leave Fujing and enter the easternmost Chaozhou capital in Guangdong.

Unlike more than two months ago, the Dragon Guard at this time has basically completed the transformation of infantry into mules and horses.

Thanks to the large number of war horses captured during the victory at Shanguan, each Dragon Guard soldier was equipped with at least one war horse, two artillery and three horses, and one person and two horses for cavalry.

The current Dragon Guard's Training Manual states that all infantry must be able to ride horses. Although after only two months of assault training, many of them still have very average riding skills, but they have no problem coping with daily marches.

The speed of the march of these four thousand dragon guards was almost no different from that of ordinary cavalry troops. In the case of a normal march, it is not a problem to advance seventy miles a day, and in an emergency, a rapid march can even reach two hundred miles a day!

In only eight days, the brigade had already passed through Yong'an and entered the southern Fujian border.

Since the fight reached southern Fujian, it is common to see people spontaneously gathering on both sides of the road to practice for the Western Expedition.

Most of them thought they would starve to death, and it was the imperial court's unsparing efforts to provide disaster relief that allowed them to survive.

Therefore, they are grateful to the court from the bottom of their hearts, and they regard the auxiliary king as a reborn parent!