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Chapter 145 The Militant Ming Dynasty
After Wang Jingqi, Fu Hao and others registered, the invigilator sent by the Ministry of Rites arrived in Hangzhou the next day, and the exam would start soon.

The main reason is that there is the Grand Canal, which can be reached directly from Nanjing to Danyang County and then via the canal waterway.

In comparison, Fujian candidates had a more difficult time. They had to first take the canal to Hangzhou, then board a boat from the Qiantang River and take the sea route to Fuzhou.

This journey can take at least a week, and even if those Fujian candidates pass the exam, they may not be able to arrive in Nanjing in time to take the exam before the general examination.

As for the second prefecture in eastern Guangdong, not to mention, I don’t know how many people can take the exam in Zhangzhou.

It is worth mentioning that the test location prepared for Fujian candidates this time is not Quanzhou, but Fuzhou.

The capital was originally set in Quanzhou simply because Quanzhou was relatively close. To prevent any eventuality, the capital was established here because of the ditches and terraces.

Now, since Nanjing has been officially established as the capital, it is natural that this former trip to Quanzhou must be cancelled.

In particular, Zhu Yijiong also plans to open the sea here in Xiamen. Once the sea opening is successful, according to historical laws and actual conditions, Xiamen Port will definitely grow rapidly, and Quanzhou Prefecture will naturally rise.

And you must know that the big taboo in establishing a provincial capital is to let the state capital with the strongest economy be the capital.

The most intuitive example is that during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the capital was ultimately chosen as the Northern Capital instead of the more economically powerful Nanjing. The Northern Capital even needed to draw blood from the south to maintain it. The actual principle is the same.

Within a few days, the Hangzhou Academy Examination, Enke's first exam, officially began.

The examination location is directly located at Zhejiang University, which is the workplace of Zhejiang Academic Affairs.

During the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty, there was only one academic administration officer in each province, and there would not be one academic administration officer in one state or one government. The two provinces of Jiangnan and Anhui even shared one academic administration officer. It was not until Yongzheng ascended the throne that another college and academic administration officer were established in Anhui.

By the way, Zhejiang Academic Affairs also produced a powerful figure who was also in the Qianlong Dynasty and was a sworn enemy of He Shen.

Wang Jingqi packed his luggage and bought a lot of Hangzhou specialties. Then he followed the rich young master Fuhao and took a boat to Nanjing to take the exam.

Naturally, this specialty product had to be sold at a stall in Nanjing. In ancient times, unless one was extremely wealthy, or was simply a descendant of a rich and powerful family living in the capital, one would have to work part-time as a stall hawker during the examination period.

Otherwise, we can’t afford to spend all the money in the capital. Moreover, we finally go all the way to the capital. How can we not take advantage of the price difference between the two sides and the various preferential policies for those who are rushing to take the scholar exams, and take advantage of the opportunity to bring in some specialties and sell them for money? It’s not a huge loss.

There are many Zhejiang candidates like Wang Jingqi and others, and their ship alone is almost full of more than a hundred candidates.

After all, these people have all been forcibly shaved by the Ming Dynasty, and they are already considered thieves. So instead of doing this, they might as well become more famous rebel thieves, and it doesn't hurt to take the exam.

After all, there are only a few people who are truly loyal to the pseudo-Qingchidan and would rather die than refer to it. Even these few elements do not refer to it at most.

As for Enke, who insulted and ridiculed Emperor Zhu when he ascended to power?

Is it because you think your life is not long enough or something?
While the Ming Dynasty, Beijing and two provinces were in full swing to promote Dengji Enke, Emperor Zhu was also not idle.

The specific process of the examination will be handled by the Ministry of Etiquette. All Zhu Yijiong needs to do is take the time to go over and invigilate the exam, so that the scholars who are rushing to take the exam know that he is the examiner.

At the moment, Zhu Yijiong has more urgent matters to solve.

Emperor Zhu is out of money!

Indeed, the south of the Yangtze River was prosperous and prosperous, and even the records in history books used high-end words such as extravagance and thin horse.

But no matter how prosperous and prosperous it is, this is also the ancient times of the Qing Dynasty 300 years ago.

Today, the Ming Dynasty has a total of various troops on hand that have exceeded 30.Such a large number of troops, firstly, came from the national policy set by Zhu Yijiong and Wu Sidao, to fight quickly and seize Nanjing before the Qing Dynasty could react.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty at that time was really militaristic.

But now, Nanjing has fallen, the Yangtze River defense line is in the hands of the Ming army, and Zhu Yijiong has become the emperor.

The militaristic Ming Dynasty also needs to slow down.

Moreover, it is necessary to support 30 troops in the two provinces of Beijing, and these 30 troops are all provided with high-standard food, not to mention every meal, but they also have oil, water and meat every day.

They also need to maintain daily drills and have all the troops and armor ready. The Ordnance Bureau has to invest a lot of money and food to cast cannons and guns. Even after the Ordnance Bureau moved to Nanjing, Emperor Zhu also asked them to try to build heavy armor. Used to build heavy infantry.

Because as a southerner, the Ming army had no cavalry, or in other words, no qualified cavalry.

In this case, if he faced the Qing army in the north and the cavalry of the Eight Banners of Mongolia in the future, only heavy infantry could compete with them. If he trained his own cavalry, Emperor Zhu would not have that many horses.

As for the artillery, the current artillery casting efficiency is too low, and the clay mold casting of the cannon takes too long. Zhu Yijiong only heard of the more advanced sand mold casting cannon in his previous life, and it is not clear how to operate it.

I can only mention it to the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau, and leave the rest to them to find a way. If it doesn't work, see if there is anything in the West.

The sum of these expenses means that no matter how much money Zhu Yijiong has, he can't bear it. No matter how rich and wealthy Jiangnan is, it is impossible to conjure grain, gold and silver out of thin air.

You can't really rob and confiscate the houses of the wealthy gentry, right?
Then let Emperor Zhu see the fighting power of the gentry across the country?

Therefore, the reorganization of this army is necessary.

Zhu Yijiong first ordered the Privy Council to suspend the recruitment of troops (not stop it), and then reorganized and reorganized the army.

Today's 30-strong army seems to have a large number of troops, but in fact its internal composition is extremely mixed.

There are good people from the common people recruited by the Privy Council. These are the new army members who have received the orthodox military training of the Ming army and the ideological education of Emperor Zhu. They are the backbone of the new generation of the Ming army.

In addition to these new armies, there are also many old or semi-old armies, including Yang Gong's First Army, Zheng Dingrui's Second Army, Xu Jin's Third Army, Huang Dian's Fourth Army, and the former In the continuous battles, the captured Zhejiang surrendered troops, Jiangnan surrendered troops, etc.

Yang Gong's First Army was a pure old-style army, composed of the Qing Army's green battalion troops, with astonishing combat power. Previously, Emperor Zhu deliberately ordered it to attack first, forcibly losing nearly half of the elite veterans of the First Army.

Now that the new army has been added, it can be regarded as allowing Yang Gong and the First Army to stay calm and avoid the phenomenon of military leadership.

Zheng Dingrui's Second Army is considered a semi-old-style army. Only one of its soldiers is a veteran of Taiwan, and the rest are all new troops. However, after all, it has been managed by Zheng Dingrui for a long time, so this time, on the grounds of supporting Yang Gong, Zheng Dingrui's second army was The army was divided into two, replenished and rebuilt.

Then Xu Jin's Third Army is also a pure old-style army. It is now stationed in Zhangting and Tingfu. It is not only to guard against Lin Jun's Ministry, but also because Emperor Zhu deliberately put it aside.

Huang Dian's Fourth Army was relatively chaotic. It included not only the new army, but also the rebels of the Tiandihui who had become regular members, and even thousands of soldiers under Zhang Yue.

In other words, of the 30 Ming army, only about [-] were pure new troops, less than [-] were old troops, and the rest were all surrendered troops from Zhejiang and Jiangnan.

Therefore, this disarmament is very necessary.

After all, the recruitment of troops has slowed down, but it cannot stop, so the only solution is to disarmament and streamline the recruitment.

　In ancient times, people who came to Beijing to take the exam had to work as a hawker and set up a stall to sell things. Don’t be fooled by the TV series. Those who really don’t need to set up a stall must be very rich, very rich, or simply a master of the capital.
　　
　
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