If you ask how Zhu Cijiu is building this city, he really doesn't know. He can't even pile up earthen walls, but it doesn't matter. Some of the Ming Dynasty were experts in this field. The original Liaodong Army was the leader in this field. Under the leadership of Sun Chengzong, everyone has developed the ability to build fortresses, and it is so scary that it is easy to build the city wall.

Now that the Liaodong Army is far away in Guanning, Zhu Cijiu naturally cannot transfer them to him, but the Dingliao Army guards the prisoners in Fengyang, Zhongdu, and it is the same to transfer them to him, because the Dingliao Army was formed in Liaodong, and the grassroots generals in the army are basically the old men of the Liaodong Army. Building a city wall is easier than drinking porridge for them.

Moreover, there are nearly 300,000 prisoners of rebels in Fengyang, Zhongdu. Zhu Cijing originally wanted them to stay there to build the railway from Kaifeng to Fengyang, but now it seems that it is important to expand the capital. So Zhu Cijing directly issued an edict, ordering the Dingliao Army and the Wuwei Army to quickly escort all the prisoners of Fengyang from Zhongdu to the capital.

The Wupingwei of Fengyang Prefecture is thousands of miles away from the capital. Even if Qin Gongming and Li Mingfu struggled to travel, it would probably take half a month to arrive. Our Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijing would naturally not be idle for such a long time. He had long wanted to reorganize the Ming army, but the peasant uprising in the northwest in the past few years has not been resolved. All localities must retain a certain number of defenders and cannot reorganize them. Now the northwest has finally been completely pacified, and the reorganization matter can be put on the agenda.

According to the establishment of the Ming army during the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were about 2.8 million in total. In order to save expenses, they were basically changed to Tunwei, leaving only a few border troops to guard the nine borders. Is the total number still small? Zhu Cijiong asked Sun Yuanhua to investigate, and none of them were missing!

This has been more than 300 years, why are there not a single one? In fact, it is not surprising that although the Tunwei has no salary, it does not have to pay taxes, and the land is provided free of charge by the court. In other words, as long as you work harder, it is not a problem to support your family, so the quota of military households is very popular in the local area. At that time, there was no restraint in giving birth in the Ming Dynasty, and there were a lot of people in your life. Naturally, there was no problem with the inheritance of this military household. Even if there was a military household, there would definitely be various relatives who fought to grab this quota. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's military households have not decreased for more than 300 years. I don't know whether there was any reduction in actual conditions, at least on the books.

Of course, Zhu Cijing could not reorganize all the 2.8 million treasury guards into regular corps. In that case, the annual military expenditure would be astronomical. Even at the speed of making money faster than robbing money, he would not be able to support so many troops. He was planning to expand two corpses on the basis of the current level and then form three reserve corps.

The two expanded legions were actually to reorganize the defenders from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and Zhongdu Fengyang. The defenders in these places ranged from 30,000 to 50,000, which was about 250,000. Anyway, they were all recruited, so it would be a pity to simply reorganize them into legions and then dismiss them to be garrisons in various places.

Why only two legions were formed in this 250,000? Don’t forget that there is a First Legion of the Expeditionary Army in Mysore, the Ming Dynasty’s first legion, but there is only a 50,000 man now. Zhu Cijiong is planning to select among these 250,000 men and select the most elite 50,000 men to supplement the First Legion of the Expeditionary Army.

He also thought about the names of the remaining two legions, namely the Second Expeditionary Army and the Second Border Defense Army. As for the candidates for the main general, he was preparing to transfer Qin Yiming to serve as the head of the Second Expeditionary Army. Schweila complained more than once that Ceylon was not peaceful, and the rubber saplings planted may be at risk of being destroyed. So he simply asked Qin Yiming to lead the Second Expeditionary Army to defend for two years. When the saplings grow, they will not be so easily destroyed. At the same time, it is also a kind of exercise for Qin Yiming, at least to be familiar with the colonial environment as soon as possible.

Zhu Cijing, the chief general of the First Legion of the Border Defense Army, was preparing to promote Cao Bianjiao to serve as the leader. This kid is a little younger, but the title of the No. 1 general of the Ming Dynasty is not a praising one. He is qualified to be the commander of the legion, regardless of his qualifications or military achievements.

As for the main general of the Second Legion of the Border Defense Army, Zhu Cijing was optimistic about Ma Xianglin. The battle in Kuizhou Prefecture directly made Zhu Cijing see the ability of this cousin. He was able to defeat Zhang Xianzhong with 30,000 ordinary defenders. His ability was beyond doubt. As for his loyalty, he had long been tested by history. Chongzhen led his alone army to defend Xiangyang until he had no ammunition and food, and his soldiers were exhausted until they were injured and killed, and finally died for his country. How loyal is this? With this point, he is qualified to be the head general of the army.

Is it a bit too much to say that Zhu Cijiu's family is so important to use Qin Liangyu's family? You must know that Qin Liangyu is already the leader of the First Corps of the Imperial Guards, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming are also the leader of the army. Now he has promoted his son to be the leader of the army. The family of four has controlled a total of 400,000 troops. What if they rebel?

This kind of worry is completely redundant. In history, all the men of the Qin family, including her son and daughter-in-law, sacrificed their lives for the country. She was determined to fight against the Qing army until she regretted her death. She was loyal to the country, the nation, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. As for some people, she said that she was to protect the interests of her chieftains, it was pure nonsense. None of her husband, brothers, sons, daughters-in-law, and nephew died to protect the interests of the chieftains.

Her husband Ma Qiancheng was injured when he suppressed the rebellion of chieftain Yang Yinglong for the court, and was then framed by eunuchs and died of illness in prison;

Her brother Qin Bangping and Qin Banghan fought bloody battles with the Later Jin in Hunhe and sacrificed their lives for the country;

Her younger brother Qin Minping died in battle while suppressing the She'an Rebellion for the court;

Her son defended Xiangyang alone and sacrificed his life for the country;

Her daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi led her army to pursue and suppress the rebel king and died in battle;

Her nephew Qin Gongming died in battle while suppressing the Shapu Rebellion for the court;

This seems a bit incomprehensible. In the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty, everyone was protecting themselves, but they went on one after another, rushing to reincarnate to sacrifice their lives for the country. What is this for? What makes them so loyal to the country? The sporadic records in historical materials may explain why they are for:

According to historical records, Qin Liangyu's father, Qin Kui, a tribute student in Zhongzhou, once said to his sons: "There is something happening in the world. If you can hold the sword and make the country, my son is my son."

According to historical records, her son Ma Xianglin wrote a letter before he sacrificed his life for the country, saying, "The son vowed to live and die with Xiangyang, and I hope that my mother will not think about her son's safety!"

Qin Liangyu's reply only said: "Okay! OK! OK! Good! Loyalty to serve the country, true my son!"
Chapter completed!