In the blink of an eye, the court was filled with whispers.

Xiao Ming carefully observed the expressions of the generals, and when everyone stopped talking, he said aloud: "Since you think that Zhu Sansi cannot serve as the commander of the east, then who is willing to take on this position?"

The court fell into a dead silence, and after a moment of silence, Ma Xudong said: "Back to the emperor, Zhu Sansi is young and promising, and the expedition to Yaksa must have accumulated rich expedition experience, and the commander of the Eastern Military Region is indeed very suitable for him." “

"So, you have no objection?"

"It's gone, it's gone." Ma Xudong sweated on his forehead.

"What about the others?" Xiao Ming looked around, his eyes swept over the generals one by one, and each of the generals who was seen lowered their heads.

With a sneer, he continued: "Since there is no objection, the position of the eastern commander has been decided, and this matter is over. “

Xiao Ming's tone revealed anger, and the generals could hear it, and they understood that this was the emperor's dissatisfaction with their nonsense.

Luo Hong's expression also returned to normal, he didn't want to be sent to North America.

No one objected, Xiao Ming asked Qian Dafu to read out the holy decree and officially appoint the commander of the six military regions, and then Xiao Ming set the long history of each military region.

Although the army has changed repeatedly, the position of Changshi has always been consistent, and it is precisely because of the existence of these Changshi that the army has not become the private soldiers of the generals, and has always been loyal to him, the emperor.

Therefore, after the military reform, he paid more and more attention to the position of Changshi, and in order to prevent Changshi and the military chief from colluding, Changshi had to be changed every two years.

After the appointment of generals came to an end, Xiao Ming continued to talk about the construction of the army, which is the top priority of military reform.

According to his plan, the six military regions should all be independent into armies, with all arms of the army, so that they could take charge of the war on their own, and even if necessary, the Great Chongqing State would be able to fight a six-front war at the same time.

"After the current military reform, all the commanders should rationally build up the military branches of their respective military regions, cavalry, infantry with Han-style rifles as the mainstay, machine gun squads as the mainstay as Changping machine guns, reconnaissance troops as reconnaissance troops, logistics troops responsible for food and transportation, artillery, minelayers responsible for laying mines, and engineering troops as well established. Xiao Ming read word for word.

At the same time, he asked the eunuch to hand over the new "Military Construction Regulations" to Lu Fei's six main generals, and these regulations have clear details, and it is enough to follow the above.

The reason for this is that he doesn't want the generals to take a detour, so it is better to go directly on the right path.

This is the same as the scientific and technological development and industrial and commercial development of the empire now, and he is now starting to make plans, whether it is a five-year plan or a ten-year plan, and everyone and every part will be carried out according to the plan he has made.

In this way, the empire he ruled really achieved corner overtaking.

A court meeting on military reform lasted for a morning, and the generals lost their thoughts about the position of commander and began to concentrate on the details of military reform.

The rest of the time, he devoted himself to answering the questions raised by the generals.

At the end of the court meeting, at noon he set up a banquet in the palace to entertain the generals of the army.

Full of wine and food, the generals went back one after another, and at this time he asked Qian Dafu to call Zhu Sansi to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty."

Zhu Sansi looked a little apprehensive, he was uncomfortable at today's court meeting.

Xiao Ming smiled and said directly: "Let you be a light pole commander, you won't blame me." “

"How dare the last general?" Zhu Sansi said that Xiao Ming has always had a lofty position in his heart, because he, like the people of Qingzhou, really felt the change from poverty to wealth.

They have only gratitude to Xiao Ming who brought them out of their suffering.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, "No way, if you don't do this, you can't keep the position of the commander, although I am the emperor, but I can't be an absolute dictatorship, I always have to consider most of my ideas, otherwise if they are dissatisfied, they will not do things for me in the first intention." “

"The last general understands the emperor's troubles, and sometimes the last general will encounter this situation when appointing generals in the army." Xiao Ming was so approachable, and Zhu Sansi's spirit was also a little relaxed.

"Well, it's good that you understand, now they have reasons to oppose you, so after the establishment of the Eastern Military Region, you have to work hard, and when you are full-fledged, you will naturally no longer question your ability."

As he spoke, Xiao Ming took Zhu Sansi to the map of North America, and he continued: "Are you willing to go to North America?" What I said in court was no joke. “

"What the emperor refers to is what the ministers want, the emperor wants North America, and the last general will be taken down by the emperor." Zhu Sansi said loudly.

Xiao Ming glanced at Zhu Sansi, "Actually, I have been examining you for a long time, the battle of Yaksa is just a small trial, and it turns out that my vision is right, this North America is the chosen place, and it is not safe to hand it over to those impure generals, so I finally decided to let you be the commander of the Eastern Military Region." ”

"The Chosen One?" Zhu Sansi was a little puzzled.

Xiao Ming explained: "Compared to the countries around the empire, this North America is strategically located, there are almost no natural enemies, once there is a stable country here, within a hundred years, this country will benefit from the geographical advantages of the country to become a powerful country, and now, such a country has been established, but fortunately, this country is currently only thirteen colonies connected together, most of the areas are still borderlands, I need you to seize these areas in advance." “

Zhu Sansi looked at the standard colonies on the map and nodded.

After a pause, he continued: "Once you have established yourself in North America, I will encourage immigrants to come there, and you will be responsible for building our colonial states, gradually encroaching on North America, and eventually driving the Europeans of this land back to their homeland. “

For Zhu Sansi, this has to be said to be a difficult task, he knows nothing about this place, but there is a country at the same level of civilization as Europe.

Seeing Zhu Sansi's worries, Xiao Ming said: "Don't worry too much, the firearms of the Europeans have been left behind by us, this time I will equip you with machine guns, the first place you have to go is Alaska, after arriving here, you will establish a stronghold, the name will be Snow City." ”

The word machine gun made Zhu Sansi's expression relaxed, at least his equipment in the Eastern Military Region would not be bad.

However, he also realized that the number of troops who went to such a distant place was naturally not large, because supply was a big problem, and he could only continue to expand his army from immigrants by constantly establishing colonies.