Under the respectful gaze of Weng Tong, the minister of the Imperial Study, Zhu Jishi finally finished reading the amendment to the education law that would bring culture and fighting spirit to the working class of the future Ming Empire, and then picked up the brush and signed his name at the end of the bill. In fact, this is not the only bill he needs to sign today, after several months of debate and revision, the "Ming Compulsory Military Service Law", "Ming 6 Navy Reserve Military Service Law", "Ming 6 Navy Volunteer Law", "Ming 6 Navy Japanese Volunteer Law", "Ming National Mobilization Law" and other five bills related to the maintenance of the Ming military strength are now also on Zhu Jishi's desk.

Yes, the military service system, which is linked to land, is about to come to an end. Because in the past eighteen years, the Ming Dynasty has allocated nearly 100 million acres of land to the soldiers and officers who fought for it! These lands are mainly concentrated in the eighteen provinces of Han and Liaoning and Jiaozhou provinces. Now it is difficult to allocate fertile land in these twenty provinces, and although there is still a lot of land in the more distant areas, this land is somewhat less attractive to the Han people - after all, you can also get the land there by participating in the collective farms, and who is willing to undertake up to 2o years of military service?

Therefore, the Ming Empire must begin to implement compulsory military service, like France and Prussia. Compulsory military service will not last from 1o to 2o years, the 6th Army will only have 3 years, and the Navy will serve for 5 years. After that, he can also serve as a "volunteer" and continue to serve in the army for no more than 1o years. Of course, the military pay received by volunteers is much higher than that of compulsory soldiers. And the normal retirement of conscripts. There is also the option to transfer to the reserves. Participate in no more than 3o days of military training per year (including 15 days on New Year's holidays). and receive one month's salary for volunteers.

In addition, in order to take care of the interests of the Japanese Empire, the most important friend of the Ming Empire, the lower house of the Constituent Assembly of the Ming Empire also formulated a "Ming 6 Navy Japanese Volunteer Law", which gave the Japanese the green light to enter the Ming 6 Navy as mercenaries from a legislative point of view, and allowed them to enjoy the same treatment as volunteers of Ming nationality, and they could also have dual citizenship of the Ming and Japan after enlistment. It can be said that it is extremely generous. Of course, the number of Japanese volunteers is limited, and it must not exceed 1o% of the total number of the Ming 6 Navy. There are also restrictions on promotion, and the highest rank that can be awarded to a Japanese volunteer is Colonel. If you want to be promoted to a higher position, you must renounce your Japanese nationality and completely naturalize as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the plan of the Generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming 6 Navy will complete the transition from mercenaries to conscripts and volunteers in 1o years. After the completion of the transition, the total number of Ming 6 naval standing forces will remain at about 110,000 (including 10,000 in the navy), second only to Russia's 140,000, ranking second in the world. However, considering the 80,000 standing army of the Western Qing Dynasty, the 150,000 standing army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the 20,000 standing army of the Korean Kingdom. The Japanese Empire's 10,000 standing army and the 50,000 troops of the Kingdom of Siam, the Ming Empire's actual usable army would be as many as 150,000. It is indeed the largest armed force in the world. Other than that. In case of emergency, the Ming 6 Navy can also be expanded urgently in accordance with the "Ming 6 Navy Reserve Military Service Law" and the "Ming National Mobilization Law", and the total number of Ming 6 Navy can be expanded to 2oo within one year, 5oo within two years, and 1ooo million in three years...... It's a little scary to listen to!

And at the same time as these bills, of course, there is a wave of veterans who have served in the Ming Army for many years......

"Your Majesty, it's almost time to go to the 6th Army Military Academy to attend the veteran's discharge ceremony." Weng Tongyi saw that Zhu Jishi had signed all the bills one by one, and then hurriedly reminded the emperor.

To be honest, Zhu Jishi, the emperor, really doesn't have much personal time, and all kinds of itineraries are packed every day. Either to convene an imperial council, or to summon military generals, or to meet with representatives of political parties, urging them to pass and formulate various bills, and participating in the veterans' discharge ceremony was also an important itinerary of Emperor Zhu during this period.

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The Daming Royal 6th Army Military Academy, which is near Fort Maria, has been fully matured after more than 10 years of exhibition. Not only does it have the world's largest 6th Army Military Academy and the world's fourth largest naval officer school, but it also has opened a 6th Military University specializing in training staff officers, and has also opened 1o junior military schools in Nanjing, Guangzhou, Dongwanlu, Wuchang, Xi'an, Beijing, Shenyang, Hezhong, Seoul, and Edo, as a preparatory school for the 6th Army Military Academy, extending officer education to the cultivation of military personnel. At the same time, the training of 6 naval officers from Japan, Korea and Siam was completely incorporated into the military education system of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the 6 Naval Academy, the 6 Naval University and the Junior Military Academy, the Education Directorate of the 6 Army of the Ming Dynasty also opened a series of military colleges, such as the Artillery Academy, the Cavalry Academy, the Logistics College, the Engineer Academy, the Military Police Academy, the Communications College, the Military Medical College and the Maritime Academy, and recruited graduates of the 6 Military Academies or ordinary middle schools to train them to become technical officers. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the artillery academy, these military colleges are both military and civilian, and all of them train talents for both military and civilian purposes. In addition, now all the shipbuilding schools that train seafarers in Daming also have military courses, and some graduates will enter the Ming Navy to serve, and the rest of the graduates are Daming Navy reservists.

In short, the current training of Ming officers has completely formed a system, and the curriculum has changed from copying English and French to being based on the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, and has its own characteristics. I dare not say that I am ahead of the world, and I am not lagging behind such first-class powers as Britain and France. Of course, maintaining such a high level of military education and a large army is also a very expensive thing. For this reason, many people have raised objections, and now in addition to following France and Mexico to intervene in the North American War, there is generally nothing to do at home and abroad, and about 120 million silver dollars of military expenditure will be allocated every year, accounting for 4o% of the central financial revenue of the Ming Empire, which is really a bit ridiculously high. Can't we spend our limited financial resources on something more meaningful than preparing for war? For example, on top of increasing education funding and implementing comprehensive free and compulsory education? However, at the insistence of Zhu Jishi, the founding emperor, the high military budget always received a high vote in the vote of the Constituent Assembly. It also allows the Ming Empire to maintain a strong military strength for a long time that is enough to discourage any great power in the world!

The convoy drove into the straight road at the entrance of the 6th Army Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty, and the teaching buildings are all Chinese and Western buildings, standing solemnly on the side of the road. On the other side of the road is a large playground paved with cinders. The Ming officers and soldiers in gray military uniforms had already formed a dense phalanx on the playground, and there were tens of thousands of people - they were certainly not non-commissioned officers and students of the military academy, but elderly veterans who were about to be discharged from the Ming army. On the opposite side of them, that is, in front of the No. 1 building of the Military Academy, there are five granite walls made of one and a half zhang high and 18 zhang long, and the two sides of the wall are densely engraved with 6 naval soldiers and armed civilians who have sacrificed their lives for the revival and strength of the Ming Empire since the Lanfang Liberation War, and the total number has exceeded 220,000...... This also includes Japanese volunteers who died in the wars against Russia and North America.

In addition, there are more than 200,000 unnamed Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers and many more Chinese sons and daughters who died in the previous rebellion against the Manchu colonial rule, and there are also two monuments to the unknown heroes in the Ming Imperial 6th Army Military Academy.

The Ming Empire will not forget every hero who fought for the rejuvenation of the nation and China, regardless of whether he was a citizen of the Ming Dynasty or not. (To be continued!)

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