October 11, the sixth year of the Tiandao in Daming, is the day of the first day of the first month of the sixth year, and according to the rules, it is the day when the imperial court convened a meeting in front of the imperial court.

There is no concept of seven days and one week in the Ming Dynasty. This is a Christian rule. The Taoist scholars burn incense at the Taoist temple every month, and then worship the Taiyi God tablet at home, with one stick of incense in the morning and evening. The days when burning incense in the Taoist temple are the last day of each month, the tenth, twenty and thirty days of each month. These three days are also holidays. Most public institutions and schools will have a day off.

By the way, February also has thirty days. According to the "Dao Calendar of Heaven" published by the Ming Dynasty, it is thirty days per month, and there are five to six annually (one six days of every four years). The Heavenly Day is a national holiday. Of course, only students who eat public meals or study in schools and academy can enjoy the benefits of vacation (if they cannot take a vacation due to work needs, they can also get double the daily salary or change of leave).

The holiday at the end of the tenth century is naturally the day when most public institutions hold regular meetings to deploy tenth affairs. The Ming Dynasty court is no exception. In the morning, each government office holds its own meetings, and in the afternoon, the cabinet, the heads of the Fourth Military Department and the Consulting Council go to the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace for a meeting.

The matter to be discussed on October 11th has been written by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the Minister of the Council and the Secretary of the Fourth Army, and sent it to the Imperial Secretariat. The Imperial Minister Chen Derui (Chen Dexing's cousin and Chen Ming's founding minister) has been sorted out and given to Chen Dexing for a review.

Apart from some trivial matters, there are four major events. First, the Tianshan Provincial Governor's Office reported the massacre and plunder of the Western Expedition Army and the Army General Zhu Sijiu's privately built a Boy Scout. Although two government offices reported it, it was one thing; second, the Navy Department reported that the Admiral of the Nanyang Fleet, Wang Shuifei, was unwell and wanted to be transferred from the sea to return to work on the land; the third thing was the matter of the Beimingzhou Autonomous City that had been discussed several times. This matter has not been finalized since September's discussion; the fourth thing was Chen Dexing himself proposed: discussing the army's military reform pilot and establishing a model infantry division equipped with a large number of flintlock rifles.

Chen Dexing did not make a statement immediately as before, but let the officials present speak freely.

"It's just a matter of plundering and slaughtering barbarians. Our Ming Dynasty royal army has always been like this! Otherwise, why would we inspire the soldiers to fight? But it would be wrong to form a scout army! The Qing prince was too much, and he must recall the capital and strictly regulate it!"

"Yes. This matter cannot be tolerated, otherwise everyone will do this in the future, and the world will not be in chaos?"

"We should impose a minor punishment on the Qing prince, and at least we should be demoted to the third grade!"

"We should also take away the military post and send it to the fief of Nanmingzhou as soon as possible!"

Zhu Sijiu seemed to be a rat crossing the street that everyone shouted and beaten, and no one spoke for him. However, the punishment they agreed to for Zhu Sijiu was just like that. The most serious thing was to surrender the title and make a fortune. No one said he wanted to kill one to warn him...

Chen Dexing's eyes turned and finally stayed on Monk Liu. The Minister of the Colonial Department is in his fifties this year. He is the oldest among the Qionghualou brothers, and he is kind and has prestige. Letting him go to the northwest to replace Zhu Sijiu is the most suitable choice. After all, Zhu Sijiu has led troops in the northwest for many years, and it is impossible without a single foundation.

"Monk, after the New Year, you can work hard and go to Yili." Chen Dexing said lightly, "Go to be a general of the Western Expedition Army for a few days. I'll ask what Sijiu plans to be king in the Western Regions?"

In an understatement, he took Zhu Sijiu's military power. However, he did not label Zhu Sijiu as a rebellion. In fact, Zhu Sijiu did not rebel either. He just didn't want to develop in Nanmingzhou.

So Chen Dexing wanted to take away his military power and reward him with a piece of land in the Western Regions circle. In this way, even if everyone is happy... it is best not to start with the brothers, otherwise they will be afraid that they will not be able to stop the car.

"I obey the order!"

Monk Liu stood up and bowed. His heart was calm. What Zhu Sijiu did in the Western Regions would definitely be a bad thing in the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, Chen Dexing was of great power and did not go into it in depth.

Of course, he had no way to go into it. There were advantages and disadvantages. Since he wanted to learn from the feudal state of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he had to tolerate people of Zhu Sijiu's level having discipleship...

If everyone is like a civil servant of the Song Dynasty, he can't defeat all kinds of indigenous barbarians even if he is sent to the New World.

"I have something to say!"

Prime Minister Ren Yijiang stood up straight again. Everyone's hearts were thunderous. Could it be that this Prime Minister Ren wanted to treat Zhu Sijiu as a dog in the water to establish his authority...

"I looked through "Chen Li" the day before yesterday and found that the number of concubines of the Ming Dynasty officials and people was customized. However, there is no regulation on the number of relatives at the door..."

These words slowly made everyone feel relieved. This great prime minister Ren thought carefully. There should be a rule in this matter, otherwise everyone would not dare to recruit people at home in the future.

Ren Yijiang looked up at Chen Dexing, who was expressionless below, and then said: "In addition, the residences and embassies of the vassal families of various vassal states in the Ming Dynasty should also have a rule: how many people can live in and what kind of force can they have..."

"You have to draft a charter, and there is no need to prepare etiquette. Just go back and let the Consulting Council make a law." Chen Dexing kicked the ball to the Consulting Council. The bill of the Consulting Council has always been divided into two types. One is that Chen Dexing formulated the main charter and clauses, and then modified by the Consulting Council; the second is that the Consulting Council itself signed it, which is a game in all aspects. This law that restricts officials from raising Hakka retainers will naturally be handed over to the people below to play. Because Chen Dexing himself did not know how many thugs the people below should raise to ensure that they were not beaten to death by the indigenous people after going to the ban.

Zhu Sijiu's affairs came to an end here, but today's imperial meeting was not over yet. Chen Dexing suddenly threw out an issue that had not said hello in advance.

"There is Oceania to the south of the Nanfan Islands. It has been several years since it was discovered, but it has not been developed in this way. There is not even a Governor's Office. Only two or three settlements have been built. The past military households have been moved to less than 3,000, and no inland has been explored. It is too contempt for Oceania. Although it is not as vast as Mingzhou, it is much larger than the Central Plains..."

Chen Dexing said while scanning the people present with bright eyes. Seeing that everyone didn't understand very well, he continued: "For such a large territory, it is natural that important officials need to be arranged to polite and develop. It is different from Mingzhou. I plan to regard Oceania as a local area and will not be enfeoffed."

After hearing this, Ren Yijiang had already understood a little. He stood up and tentatively said, "The saint, Duke An Guo (Wang Shuifei) submitted a memorial the day before yesterday saying that he was not used to wandering on the sea and wanted to seek an assignment on the shore. Why not just appoint him as the governor of Oceania. In the past, things in Oceania have always been under the jurisdiction of the Admiral Office of the Nanyang Fleet. Duke An Guo should be familiar with the situation there..."

Chen Dexing's eyes were on the Army Chief of Staff Wang Lufei. Wang Shuifei was his brother. Is it good to send him to the "Australia" place where birds do not shit?

Wang Lufei quickly stood up and bowed: "Sage, I have written a letter to me, saying that Oceania development is slow. He also mentioned some ways to accelerate development. If the Saint asks him to go to Oceania, it will be his wish."

Chen Dexing nodded, "This is the best! But relying solely on Shui Fei alone is not enough to develop Oceania. Moreover, it is not appropriate to hand over Oceania to the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Fleet. The navy is not doing this. It is better to transfer Oceania to the jurisdiction of the Colonial Department, the Minister of the Colonial Department..."

Chen Dexing looked at Ren Yijiang. The Minister of the Colonial Department was originally Monk Liu, but now he is wearing his war robe again and is going to lead the Western Expedition Army.

"Let me take the position as a part first." Ren Yijiang couldn't come up with a suitable candidate for the time being, so he volunteered.

Chen Dexing nodded, recognizing that the Prime Minister was also the Minister of the Colonial Department. He slowly said: "It can be a customary for the Prime Minister to serve as the Minister of the Colonial Department. The Colonial Department does not include the North and South Mingzhou and various feudal states from today. Just focus on Oceania, the Ming Dynasty territories of the Southern Ban Islands, the Ming Dynasty territories of Africa, the Ming Dynasty territories on the Atlantic and Pacific islands, and the Hong Kong and Macau territories of Europe. The Mingzhou is directly under the jurisdiction of the Mingzhou department, the Mingzhou presidential office, the major governors' offices of Mingzhou, and the municipal governments of the cities of Mingzhou.

The Mingzhou was taken away from the colonial department. Of course, it was to open the inventories better and faster.

When Chen Dexing mentioned Mingzhou, the topic of the big guy naturally changed. The discussion on Mingzhou autonomous city has been held many times. The officials in the court have some concerns about everyone carrying guns and having to be autonomous, so it would be wrong to ignore them.

But no matter how they were concerned, they could not think of a better way to open the Invention Continent. Not to mention the long journey, it was difficult to consider. Even where the investment in the development of the Mingzhou came from was a big problem. The court could not pay the money! Because most areas of the Mingzhou were to be enfeoffed. How could the court have a large subsidy for the sealing of the country? This precedent was about to be opened, and the Ming Dynasty was sooner or later bankrupt.

Therefore, letting merchants and the king of the fief pay themselves to open the continent is the most appropriate method. To let merchants pay, they naturally have to participate in management. The city must be autonomous. Otherwise, no one is willing to pay for it, even if there is a title, it will be useless.

While everyone was talking, Kong Yu, who had just entered the court, suddenly spoke: "Since the business of Mingzhou needs to be leveraged by merchants, we should not have a closed meeting here. It would be better to put two or three cities out to bid for the merchants who are interested in investing to make conditions on their own. It would not be too late for the court to discuss with the merchants again."

When the important officials heard this, they were stunned and subconsciously shook their heads. Then they saw Chen Dexing nodding there, and they all looked at the emperor.

"Hehe, OK, Kong Yu, you said it well..." Chen Dexing clapped his hands and nodded with a smile.

Ren Yijiang has been floating on it for too long, and his ability to deal with people below is indeed inferior to Kong Yu, who has been "in the wild" for a long time.

Now everyone’s discussion on the autonomy of cities in Mingzhou is empty talk. The following merchants do not accept the method they discussed, which is equal to zero!

"Kong Qing, you can do this." Chen Dexing simply handed over the errand to Kong Yu, "First take two cities out to pilot, one is Mingmen Port, the other is Xingang. A hundred miles acres are all under the jurisdiction of autonomous cities. In autonomous cities, except for the customs that must be jointly managed by the Governor's Office of Beimingzhou, the tax is half, and the rest of the tax will be borne by the city. As for other conditions, you can talk to the merchants and report to me any progress."

"I obey the order." Kong Yu bowed and regarded this as the next dispatch. The establishment of an autonomous city in Mingzhou was a step further. What we need to discuss now is not whether to be autonomous, but the conditions for autonomous.

"Okay, let's discuss the model division now." Chen Dexing smiled slightly and raised the last issue today: establishing an army model division. This is a key step in the reform of the Ming army. This model division will completely abandon bows and arrows and use flintlock smoothbore rifles as infantry standard weapons. Weapons such as horizontal swords, shields, and spears will also be basically eliminated. In other words, they will be mixed with hot and cold weapons, and will step to the age of hot weapons!

This is not a small improvement, but a military revolution! It involves not only weapons, tactics, troops organization, etc., but also changes the composition of the Ming army. It will even affect the social status of the Ming military aristocrats, and even have a huge impact on the domestic political structure of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the "old sergeant soldiers" in the Ming army are all good at martial arts. The ability to fight in battle formations is no different from the strongest Mongolian barbarians. As long as you wear good armor and have a good weapon, you can fight with mediocre fighting alone to make the Mongolians look for teeth! The elite soldiers trained by more than ten years of continuous battles are not a joke.

However, as soon as this hateful flintlock smoothbore gun appeared, the military advantage of the "old sirens" disappeared! No matter how good the steel armor you wear or how high the martial arts you have, the gunshot sounded forty or fifty steps away, it would still be a dead person! Any farmer who has been trained for several months can easily kill a warrior with a strong martial arts skill with a smoothbore gun.

The force of the sir is about to depreciate! In the future, the Ming army no longer needs professional soldiers with high martial arts skills. It only requires a few outstanding officers who graduated from military academy and a large number of farmers who can carry guns. At most, some sir children who can act as cavalry can support a strong soldier. Although most officers and cavalry will still come from the sir aristocratic family, how much is the demand for officers and cavalry? How many sir aristocratic families can this demand support?

If you lose the upward path of becoming a military meritorious service, most of the Sir Journey Houses may become farmers who operate the land. It won’t take long to see a large number of Sir Journeys!
Chapter completed!