As soon as Emperor Ben Chongzhen heard the great joy, his originally depressed mood immediately disappeared, and he immediately reminded: "Jianyu has suffered losses twice in a row, and he will definitely not be careless anymore." You told Lu Xiangsheng that pie will not fall from the sky, and good things cannot be repeated and repeated. Pay attention to move quickly and change places with one shot. In addition, do a good job of intelligence gathering......"

After saying everything he could think of, he withdrew from the chat group and looked back at the information on the table in front of him.

At this time, because of Lu Xiangsheng's victory, he was in a much better mood and was no longer so entangled. Regarding the matter of military salaries, under the current system, no matter what is done, even if the factory guards are dispatched to supervise the Qing army, it will not be clearly verified.

Under strict reprimands, some people want to be greedy, some people want to eat empty salaries, and if they can catch them, they can catch them, and if they can't catch them, they can't do anything. For the sake of today's plan, what is really effective is the reform of the military system.

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen was even more looking forward to the new army.

When Jianyu was ravaging the land of Gyeonggi, in the face of the incompetence of King Qin's army, at that time he longed for a strong army to obey orders, and he was already interested in the formation of a new army. It can even be said that he has high hopes for the new army.

Otherwise, the new army would not have put such a big bargaining chip in the selection of soldiers, and it would have sealed out an earl, let alone care about all aspects of the new army, and then involved a major weapons case.

Regarding the shortcomings of the current military system, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the political commissar system could be solved relatively well. The New Army is a demonstration. After the new army made a name for itself, it began to reform the nation's armed forces according to the model of the new army.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to let the Hubu Shangshu be reissued according to half of the arrears. At the same time, the nine border towns took turns to carry out the Qing army. This time, the Qing army had only one requirement, that is, to register the existing soldiers according to the actual situation, and to pay military salaries in the future according to this list.

Under this premise, if there are still soldiers who flee, their generals will be punished. This punishment measure, according to the proportion of fugitive soldiers, from low to high, is reprimand, demotion, dismissal, imprisonment, etc.

This decree was issued before the Qing army made a register, and whoever dared to make up more heads to come in, if the next military salary was discovered, the more empty salaries they ate, the more likely they would be punished for serious crimes.

Emperor Chongzhen finished dealing with this matter, and before he had time to catch his breath, Hu Zhengyan, the governor of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, asked to see him. What he didn't expect was that Hu Zhengyan came to tell him the bad news, the ink raw materials were insufficient, and the Daming banknotes were only printed about 40 million taels before they could not be printed, and they could not meet the exchange requirements of the Daming Construction Bank.

There are two workarounds for this situation. One is to reduce the requirements of printing quality, Hu Zhengyan can deploy other inks for printing; The other is to temporarily stop work and wait for the ink raw materials to be available before printing.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "During the period when the Daming banknotes are establishing credibility, many people are staring at the Daming banknotes and are hesitating to wait and see. If the quality of the banknotes is reduced, it will make them suspicious. Gu Qing counted the lack of raw materials and quantities, and I asked people to provide them as soon as possible. ”

Speaking of this, he pondered for a while and said: "As for the silver taels of Daming Construction Bank that cannot be exchanged, then let them temporarily slow down the opening of a few branches, and when the banknotes are available, they have experience in preparing branches, and then continue to open!" ”

The emperor made a decision on this matter, so it was naturally decided. After Hu Zhengyan left, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think of another question. The materials of the Ming Dynasty are still too scarce, not only ink raw materials, but also gunpowder and other military materials. To solve these problems, we must embark on the road of industrialization, and when the materials are abundant, we can let go of our hands and feet to do special work. However, there is no urgency in this matter, and we will talk about the affairs of the new army first.

While he was busy with the affairs of the new army, four young men came out of the gate of the Beijing camp, dressed in casual clothes. Walking down the street, everyone was excited.

"Young Master, where are we going?" A strong man asked the man walking in front.

When the man heard this, he turned his head and said with a smile: "You have all passed the assessment of the new army, according to the will, you are already free, not my Cao family." Don't call me young master in the future, how about our brothers? ”

This person is full of fighting spirit and gave up the rank of chief official Cao Bianjiao. After passing the new army assessment, they generally have to go back and move their military status over, and bring their immediate family members to Beijing Division.

However, Cao Bianjiao is a relative of Cao Wenzhao, and he is not married, so there is no need to go back. The other three are Liaodong men, and their families have been killed by Jianyu, and they don't need to go back. As for their military registration, bring a message back, and Cao Wenzhao will naturally do it for them.

Therefore, they stayed in Beijing and waited for the day when the new army was formed. It's rare to have leisure time, and since you're in Beijing, you naturally want to take this opportunity to take a stroll.

After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he stood up in front of the other three and said, "Let's follow the age, I am the youngest, Brother Zhao, Brother Qian, Brother Sun!" ”

"No, no, no, how does this work!" The strong man, that is, the eldest Brother Zhao, hurriedly shook his hand and said, "The young master is ......."

The other two also nodded, echoing Brother Zhao's opinion.

Cao Bianjiao still insisted, and said seriously: "The young master represents the past, since I, Cao Bianjiao, have given up the past, then the identity of this young master should naturally be given up." In this new army, I will definitely make a difference! ”

Brother Zhao and the three of them looked at each other, remembering what his uncle said, so they no longer insisted, but made up their minds in their hearts that they must help Cao Bianjiao well.

Brother Qian, the tallest, said to Cao Bianjiao with a smile: "Young master...... Cao ...... Brother Xian will definitely be able to get his wish, yesterday the prison army came, I bet that he came to see Brother Cao Xian on purpose! ”

After finishing speaking, he felt that Brother Cao Xian's title was a little awkward, and he still felt that the young master was agreeable.

The other two listened and agreed, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the prison army was very concerned about Cao Bianjiao. If nothing else, Cao Bianjiao will definitely not mix badly in the new army!

Cao Bianjiao himself also felt it, and it seemed that Wang Chengen's father-in-law was more satisfied with himself. However, he didn't promise him anything, and he didn't want to continue the topic, so he turned around and walked: "I heard that the imperial court has lifted the ban on the limited supply of food, let's go find a restaurant to eat, and the little brother will have a treat!" ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone was happy and immediately followed Cao Bianjiao. As he walked, he expressed his own opinions.

"Thanks to the imperial court for killing those Jin merchants, the food on the Jingshi side is finally not so tight."

"Yes, those damn Jin merchants, it's a pity that I didn't see them being Ling Chi. I heard that their flesh was divided among them, and I went back to pay tribute to those relatives who were killed by them! ”

"If I had been in Beijing at the time, I would have to grab a piece. Damn, my family's blood feud has their share! ”

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