Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 161
The Royal Bank has been established, and Zhu Youxiao naturally knows that this means that he is beginning to change the economic life of Daming and start to make Daming's capital more active, until one day he gets rid of the shackles of the small peasant economy.

At present, only one royal industrial company has been established, and tens of thousands of people have been recruited to work, and the number of beggars wandering in the capital has been greatly reduced.

Zhu Youxiao believes that with the growing of Royal Industries, it will naturally solve the employment problem of more people.

What's more, in the future there will definitely be more than Royal Industrial Corporation. With the development of Daming technology, a series of state-controlled companies will be established one after another, ranging from the daily needs of the people to the national military weapons.

And these will naturally become a trust monopoly group in a certain industry, and the talents needed will naturally be tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions.

It can naturally play a great role in absorbing a large number of refugees caused by land bankruptcy.

Of course, in this way, one or two new roles will inevitably appear, one is a worker and the other is a capitalist, and new contradictions will also arise.

However, it doesn't matter to Zhu Youxiao, he himself will become the biggest capitalist and control the biggest capital of Ming Dynasty. As long as he keeps the empire expanding, the conflict between the workers and him will always be contained in the bud.

What's more, the awakening of workers' proletarian consciousness does not happen overnight, it may be in a hundred years, or it may be 200 years later, why should he worry about things in a hundred years.

As the old saying goes, future generations will benefit future generations.

What he has to do now is to make himself the helm of the economic development of Ming Dynasty, not the gentry group in Jiangnan, nor the barbarians in Liaodong, and he doesn't want himself to end up like Louis XVI.

Wealth through the profits of Royal Industries and the savings of Royal Banks,
But before expanding the Imperial Guard, he did not intend to cut off the old army directly, which would directly deprive the military landlord of the opportunity to legally exploit the soldiers, which would inevitably cause turmoil, and the guard soldiers would also lose Reliance, and even be coerced by military landlords to embark on the road of rebellion.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao cannot act rashly to reform the Weisuo system.

But the inability to lay off the old army does not mean that the Imperial Guard cannot be expanded. After all, the expansion of the Imperial Guard has little to do with the interests of these people, not to mention that the total number of troops now is far less than that of the previous dynasty. There are reasons to expand the scale of their pro-military forces.

After Zhu Youxiao and Lu Xiangsheng, the left servant of the Ministry of War, and Liu Ruoyu, the chief inspector of the imperial horse, initially discussed the military expansion plan, he summoned the commanders of the Imperial Guard battalions and officials from the technical system such as Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua to the Qianqing Palace.

Since it was a military meeting of the Imperial Guard, Zhu Youxiao still broke the rules this time.

There is no emphasis on the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, but on practicality. Of course, there is still a hierarchical order in the army.

A large oval mahogany table is placed in the center of the lobby, with a hollow in the middle, filled with various plants, and on the wall in the center is the national military map of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao is the supreme commander, so he naturally sits in the center.

And Liu Ruoyu sat next to him as the deputy commander, and so did Lu Xiangsheng.

The commanders of the other battalions of the Imperial Guards and Xu Guangqi sat on both sides evenly. Liu Bin and Tang Fusheng sat opposite Zhu Youxiao. One was naturally a clerk, responsible for recording meetings, and the other was a discipline maintainer. .

In front of everyone was the royal tea brewed by Xiaohuangmen, but except for Zhu Youxiao who dared to drink it, the others had to endure it even if they were really thirsty.

Since it was a military meeting, Zhu Youxiao didn't beat around the bush, and said straight to the point: "Before I summoned you, I have already discussed the specific military expansion plan with Lu Shilang and Liu Gonggong, and now let you come, one is to give you an order , and the second is naturally to let you raise your own opinions."

After saying that, Zhu Youxiao turned to the right and told Lu Xiangsheng: "Tell them about the plan for expanding the army."

"Due to the fact that Dongnu's power is still strong, the Liaodong Guanning Cavalry, especially the Wu Xiang Department and Zu Da Le Department, are a big threat to my Ming Dynasty. In addition, there are also some dishonest chieftains in Mongolia and the Southwest. However, in addition to killing the good and taking meritorious service, looting the people's wealth, and doing nothing but harming the people, they are no longer effective in saving the people. Therefore, at this time of internal and external troubles, we decided to expand the [-] ban The guards, that is, the size of the imperial guards will be directly expanded by ten times!"

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng said this, everyone puffed up their chests unconsciously, and looked around, with excitement showing on their faces.

"Don't think that expanding the army by 10 is just like the Empress Nuwa making humans. Just dip wicker in mud and water and sprinkle them casually. It is not a problem to train these 1000 soldiers to be brave soldiers who dare to fight and kill. Simple things, from the most basic queue training to shooting training and even making the bed, washing up and even the rules of eating and drinking, if you think about teaching them one by one in an orderly manner, you commanders of the battalions should work harder. Okay, but I’m not afraid to promise, although you can bring [-] people, now I’m giving you tens of thousands, can you take it well?”

As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he asked the commanders. Qin Botong was the first to stand up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao: "Don't worry, Your Majesty! It's just Han Xin ordering troops, the more the better."

Zhu Youxiao beckoned him to sit down, and ordered Liu Ruoyu to convey the order.

Liu Ruoyu stood up, walked to the front of the map and said:

"For this recruiting, we have identified the following recruiting locations:
One is the land of Qin, most of the people here are heroic and loyal, it has been a place for good soldiers since ancient times, and because it is so close to Mongolia, there are quite a few people who are good at riding and shooting, so the commander of the cavalry battalion sent Ao Bai to Qin recruitment;
The second is the Xuzhou area in the north of Huaihe River. The folk customs in this area are tough, and most of the people are warlike. Tan Botong from the supply camp went to this area to recruit soldiers;
The third place is Huguang. Since ancient times, there is no Hunan without an army. Fu Dahai from the Artillery Battalion went to this area to recruit soldiers;
The fourth place is the southwest. Although the people in this area are short and capable, they are extremely durable, especially the Tujia and Miao or Yi brothers, who are good at jungle warfare or long-distance raids. The soldiers and the white-armed soldiers who suppressed She Chongming all came from here. The three infantry battalions except Chang Yanling went to Sichuan in person, Lu Jiayu went to Guangxi, and Mu Tianbo went to Yunnan;

The fourth place is the land of Yanzhao in Gyeonggi, where there are many sad men who have the deepest hatred for the Tartars, so Liu Bin, the commander and clerk of the engineering battalion, will recruit them! "

"Yes!"

After Liu Ruoyu finished speaking, the commanders of the seven battalions all stood up.

(End of this chapter)