The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 288 Overseas Craftsman
"Your Highness's trip will surely conquer Guangdong and Guangxi in one fell swoop."

"Your Highness uses soldiers like gods, and the soldiers of Guangdong and Guangxi are hard to beat..."

"Wherever the heavenly army arrives, the rebels will surely descend upon the wind..."

"Determine the south of the Yangtze River first, and then attack the eastern captives. My Ming Dynasty will surely win the revival..."

Seeing the courtiers flattering and talking endlessly like they don't want money, Zhu Lin could only raise her hand to signal silence, and asked Pang Tianshou to read another imperial decree.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said. The country encountered a great calamity, half of the wall was trapped by bandits, the world was shaken, and the people were upside down. Citing the reasons, Gai's army was unfavorable in battle, and his orders would not be broken. The guard is corrupt...

"Therefore, the first emperor ordered the new army to be used to boost the country's prestige, and it went through several battles in Jiangxi and Fujian, and its effect was obvious...

"Now it is the restoration of the country, following the northward march to the two capitals, it is justified to follow the new army's law, and to follow it...

"I ordered the Ministry of War to reform the military system immediately, abolish the guards, and stop private soldiers, all in the world. From then on, the country's soldiers and horses were divided into field battles and garrisons, and the treasury was used to support them. The field battles were in charge of fighting rebellion and defending against foreign enemies. , with the best of the best. The garrison is mainly responsible for surveying chaos, maintaining order, and defending by dividing regions to determine places...

"Chin this."

The military system of the guards that the Ming Dynasty has relied on as a pillar since the establishment of the dynasty will be abolished immediately?Officers are no longer allowed to recruit private soldiers?Field battle, garrison?All supported by imperial taxes?

The courtiers looked at each other in shock at this series of actions.

In fact, after the previous transformation of the army, the guards no longer exist. Although there are still some private soldiers, there are basically no soldiers with a strength of more than a thousand.

The distinction between the field army and the garrison has not been mentioned on the surface, but the Longwei Army and the Poluying are essentially the field army. Duties are the same.

Therefore, the second step of the military system reform seems to be a big movement, but in fact it has been completed long ago and silently. Now it is only officially announced and made into a rule.

The generals in the court are almost all from the Dragon Guard Army and the Polu Camp, even if they come from other sources, they basically follow the lead of the assistant king.

Therefore, after Pang Tianshou finished reading the imperial decree, the military commander immediately shouted, "I accept the decree, the emperor is wise!"

Most of the civil servants have nothing to do with me, so there is no need to disobey the wishes of His Royal Highness the Assistant King.Some old and stubborn wanted to shout a few words "broken the ancestral system", but when they turned around and saw that the generals were all in one piece, they had no choice but to suppress their thoughts.

The two major events of the Western Expedition and the reform of the military system have been announced, and Zhu Linming has made some arrangements for the operation of the court during the Northern Expedition—basically the cabinet is responsible for handling government affairs, and the three ministers of Gu Ming discuss and decide on major events—this Then he announced the dispersal of the court.

As soon as he walked down the steps in front of Wenhua Hall, Zhang Jiayu sent someone to report to Zhu Linmi that the Dragon Guards for the Western Expedition had assembled in the southwest of Tianxing Mansion and were ready to leave at any time.

This is the efficiency of the new army!

And Zhu Linming, as a person who is used to the rhythm of life in later generations, her efficiency will not be low.

He was hesitating whether to recruit Yu Xin and give instructions on the division of the garrison's military divisions, or to lead the army west to Guangdong, when he saw Zheng Guangying came with a person at a fast pace.

"This subordinate pays homage to His Royal Highness the Assistant Regent."

The two stepped forward to salute, and Zhu Linming saw that behind Zheng Guangying was Ma Yanzhen, who was in charge of Nan'an Shipyard.

"Let's talk about everything."

Zheng Guangying said: "Return to Your Highness, Ma Yanzhen reported this morning that he found the two craftsmen that Zheng Ni brought from Nanyang."

As he spoke, he gestured to his back, and Ma Yanzhen hurriedly answered: "They have not been far away from Nan'an, and have been hiding in Shiqu Village for more than a month. The subordinates sent people to search for people with foreign accents in the countryside, and Deli Zheng reported it. Capture these two."

"You have made another contribution." Zhu Linmei nodded in praise.According to Nan'an shipbuilder, these two people should be familiar with Galen ship construction.With their skills and the blueprints provided by me, it seems that the Galen warship of the Great Ming Navy will not be long before it appears in the world.

Immediately, he frowned again and said to Ma Yanzhen: "You said 'capture' these two? They are of great use to the Navy, so we must not neglect them."

"Yes. The subordinates know their mistakes, and they will make amends when they go back."

Zheng Guangying said on the sidelines: "Your Highness, according to the confessions of these two craftsmen... They said that their hometown was in southern Fujian, and they went to Luzon because their ancestors fled. It is also said that there is a shipyard in the south of Luzon that was built by the Esibana people. There are many descendants of the Dominic people who are craftsmen here, and among them, there are many whose shipbuilding skills are far superior to those of the two of them."

"Oh?" Zhu Linmei narrowed her eyes when she heard the words. The Spanish shipbuilding skills are ranked first in Europe, and Manila did have the best shipyard in Asia in history.If there are Chinese people among them, maybe they can dig the wall.

"Can they mention whether these craftsmen living overseas have any intention of returning to their homeland?"

The Ming Dynasty was no different from that in the [-]th century. Everyone wanted to go abroad with their brains sharpened.Nowadays Ming people all call foreign countries as remote and wild places, it’s not that there is no way that no one wants to leave Daming.

Sure enough, Zheng Guangying said: "It is said that Lu Song craftsmen often want to return to their hometowns, but the barbarians are very strict in supervision, but it is a rare opportunity."

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "You pick some capable men and ask the Ministry of Rites to help them go to Luzon, spend whatever money you need, and find a way to bring me back some excellent shipwrights!"

"Subordinates obey!"

Zhu Linmei looked at Ma Yanzhen again and said, "You are a talent, you have made meritorious service twice in a row, and you will be promoted to Qianhu in the future."

Ma Yanzhen hurriedly knelt down on the ground, "Thank you for your cultivation, Your Highness!"

……

As soon as Shenshi arrived, the [-] main force of the Dragon Guards headed towards Shanghang under the leadership of Zhu Linmi.There they will leave Fujing and enter Chaozhou Prefecture, the easternmost city in Guangdong.

Unlike more than two months ago, the Dragon Guards at this time have basically completed the transformation of infantry into mules.

Thanks to the large number of horses seized during the Shanguan victory, every Dragon Guard soldier was equipped with at least one horse, the artillerymen had two horses and three horses, and the cavalry had two horses per man.

The current "Training Manual" of the Dragon Guard stipulates that all infantry must be able to ride horses.Although after only two months of assault training, many people's riding skills are still very average, but they have no problem coping with daily marching.

Therefore, the marching speed of these four thousand dragon guards was almost the same as that of ordinary cavalry troops.In the case of normal marching, it is no problem to advance [-] miles a day, and in emergency situations, it can even reach [-] miles a day!

In just eight days, the brigade passed through Yong'an and entered the border of southern Fujian.

And since arriving in southern Fujian, people can often be seen spontaneously gathering on both sides of the road to practice for the Western Expedition Army.

These are the disaster victims in southern Fujian. Most of them thought that they would starve to death. It was the imperial court who spared no effort in disaster relief that they survived.

Therefore, they are grateful to the imperial court from the bottom of their hearts, and they even regard the assistant king as a reborn parent!
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