"Big Father! One day my grandson will cut off the little prince's head! Perhaps only in this way can we recreate the courage of my British Duke's Mansion! We deserve to be a general family!"

When worshiping the Zhang Clan Ancestral Hall, Zhang Lun could not forget the little prince that Zhu Houzhao mentioned many times in the classroom. This left a great impact on the young man. He has always been a proud person, while the Ming Dynasty moved him to a country that was extremely proud. After all, this was a dynasty in which his ancestors made great achievements for this.

Now, a man named Xiao Prince has repeatedly provoked the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to provoking Zhang Lun's dignity, which makes Zhang Lun feel a strong sense of resentment. He wishes to kill the Xiao Prince immediately!

British Duke Zhang Mao looked at his extremely doting eldest grandson who could still practice martial arts in the snow and ice, and seemed to see himself when he was young.

When he saw that Zhang Lun had become a strong and moist person who was as thin as a daughter and only knew how to fight and ride, he couldn't help but feel very relieved. He began to be even more grateful. Fortunately, His Majesty put his grandson at the Beijing University to study, otherwise there wouldn't be such a big change.

"Zhangmen is hopeful! The Ming Dynasty is hopeful! Your Majesty is wise!"

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Zhu Houzhao's education on teachers and students at the Beijing University was very successful, which strengthened the national thought of a group of noble children and civil servants and Jinshi.

At the same time, he used the Zhongjun Society organization to brainwash the officers and soldiers of the Guards very successfully.

This day was the day of paying wages. In order to promote the development of the commodity economy of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao had changed the Guards' salary to pay silver.

Moreover, the Guards' salaries were only distributed by the Royal Taxation Bureau in the future, that is, they were paid by Zhu Houzhao's treasury.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao did this was naturally to truly control the Guards.

If a commander wants to truly own an army or make the army truly obey you, it is fundamentally because it is beneficial to follow you, and brainwashing education is just a consolidation.

If Zhu Houzhao wants to firmly control the command of the Guards, he can only support this army himself. The Ministry of Revenue and other chaebols cannot directly intervene, otherwise this army will become an army that serves other chaebols.

In history, the reason why there were warlords was that the army was no longer supported by the court but by the officers.

Moreover, because Zhu Houzhao had just confiscated many big families, the Royal Taxation Bureau's income was quite considerable. Even if he now increased the salary of officials and paid a lot of rewards, he still had a lot of food, cash and land left.

Among them, gold and silver alone amount to tens of millions of taels.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao also added a salary to the Guards after the current discount on the current rice price, and even formulated a complete welfare system for deaths, disability and family members, and a military merit reward system for making achievements.

At the same time, there are also punishment regulations, namely military law regulations, and a special military law department is also established. The General Military Law Office of the Guards has been established. All units above have corresponding military law teams to ensure that the Guards are strict in discipline and clear in rewards and punishments.

Of course, these are just applicable to the Guards. Even if Zhu Houzhao was the emperor, he could not let the entire Ming army undergo such reforms.

"General Guards and Chiefs! You should understand that the reason why Your Majesty asked you to stay in the Guards and promoted you to be the general of the general, and to be in charge of the soldiers of the brigade is not only because of your outstanding abilities and outstanding military achievements, but also because you are a member of the Zhongjun Society, which means that you are extremely loyal to Your Majesty! Since you are a member of the Zhongjun Society, you must set an example and not deduct the military pay of the officers and soldiers under your command, and do not secretly collect benefits. Do you understand? Otherwise, once you notice it, you will be punished more severely than other generals and officials!"

When Xia Ming, the commander of the municipal commander, paid the money from his troops, especially when he met a general who was a member of the Zhongjun Society, he would give such advice.

At this time, the guard general was the same. Xia Ming'er asked him to order him. The guard general hurriedly said, "I understand the humble position!"

"Well, these boxes are paid by your army, and they are issued by Your Majesty. They are sealed by the Royal Taxation Bureau. They have just taken it from the Royal Bank. You must carry it down. In the future, you must be loyal to Your Majesty. As a member of the Loyal Society, this should be even more true. In the future, you should conquer the world for Your Majesty! Open up territory for the Ming Dynasty!"

Xia Ming pointed to several boxes of silver and said.

"Yes! Conquer the world for Your Majesty! Open up territory for the Ming Dynasty!"

As the guard general said that, he hurriedly brought people to carry the salary and brainwashed and strengthened it layer by layer in Xia Ming's way. Because the guards are now paid in full and are not discounted, it is naturally easier to brainwash officers and soldiers at all levels successfully.

Under the double baptism of money and spirit, coupled with the training of Qiu Yue, a famous general in the border town, the guards, which were originally a little dull, seemed to have regain their vitality at once, as if they had a soul all at once, and they also had energy when practicing.

When Zhu Houzhao took a group of important officials to inspect the Guards, the mental outlook shown by the Guards surprised everyone. Ma Wensheng, the chief minister of the cabinet who also brought soldiers, couldn't help but exclaim:

"I didn't expect that in less than a year, the former regiment camp and the imperial guards were so impressive."

Zhu Houzhao was also very satisfied with this and said: "The court treated these soldiers sincerely, and these soldiers were naturally willing to work hard. They will be the basis and guarantee for us to innovate the Ming Dynasty and create a peaceful and prosperous era."

Ma Wensheng and others agreed with this and knew that there was such an army in the capital. Even during the major plan, the central court would no longer have to worry about local governments fighting against the imperial court because of major plans.

However, the local officials at this time did not know that the court, especially their emperor, had a sufficiently loyal elite soldier. They were indeed fighting against the political reform of the central court and fighting for their own interests in various ways.

For example, just when Zhu Houzhao finished inspecting the Guards, Jiao Fang, the second assistant to the cabinet, handed a memorial from the inspector's censor Song Kai to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the gentry in Jiangnan is starting to do something again!"

Seeing that Jiao Fang, who had always hated southern officials, especially the officials and gentry in Jiangnan, said this, Zhu Houzhao took the memorial and read it.

The content of the memorial was the matter of the inspector Song Kai's request to remove the Dantu Jintan of Zhenjiang Prefecture and the Chongming County Tax Bureau of Suzhou Prefecture. The reason was that he did not compete with the people for profit and cherish the people's wealth.

Zhu Houzhao knew that Zhenjiang was the gateway of Nanjing and the important transportation route of Nanzhili. Commerce and trade have always been developed, and the same is true for Suzhou Prefecture Chongming County. They are all regions with developed commerce and trade. The commercial tax revenue brought to the Royal Taxation Bureau is naturally quite large, and it is not harmful to the interests of self-sufficiency self-cultivated farmers.

But what Zhu Houzhao did not expect was that now, the inspector and censor sent by the court used this as an excuse not only not to ensure the tax source for the court, but also wanted to ask the court to abolish the tax bureau for Jiangnan merchants.

"Sure enough, these local officials have to manage them well. They all enjoyed the salary of the court, but helped the merchants and gentry in Jiangnan. The tickets were not approved! Moreover, the Shanghai County Tax Bureau of Songjiang Prefecture needs to be added!"
Chapter completed!