Sun Chengzong left, but Bi Maokang stayed. [No pop-ups. 】

"Bi Aiqing, what about the city defense equipment in various places?" Zhu Youxiao asked another irrelevant question.

"Equipment?" Bi Maokang was stunned for a moment, but then said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, where is the city defense army talking about any equipment, except for the Jingshi city defense army, most of the other provinces are just a spear and a bow, not much better than the front guard." ”

Of course, when the guards were all over the world, there were no 50,000 soldiers in each province, and now the 50,000 in each province also includes the Huotou Army, but under Zhu Youxiao's system, the Huotou Army can also go to the battlefield. 50,000 soldiers is enough to consume the old-fashioned equipment accumulated before, and it is estimated that it is not enough.

This is still tight, only a few provinces have formed a city defense army.

"Your Majesty, the production capacity of the Inner Mansion is not enough." Bi Maokang complained a little, it was not easy for him, he led the team to the city defense army below to inspect, but every place he went, he came to ask about this equipment. Even if you don't have musket armor, you must have some iron armor.

Without iron armor, what else is there to do in the spear phalanx, and it will collapse after a rain of arrows. Also, without muskets, you have to have a bow and arrows for long-range attacks.

Thinking about these problems, Bi Maokang had a headache, the equipment department did not have the right to produce equipment, he was from the Ministry of Military Industry after passing the inspection, and then stored and distributed.

"It's a bit insufficient, we have to add some more people to expand the factory of the Ministry of Military Industry." Zhu Youxiao nodded, in terms of steel armor, anyway, the monthly steel output is so much, slowly equip the Xiao cavalry army and the hussar army, and the remaining iron can be squeezed out to stamping the iron armor, and the iron armor replaced by the spearmen in the past is given to the city defense army.

The reason why he talked about the city defense army, Zhu Youxiao still thought of the field army that was transporting gold and silver outside, and if the city defense army was all formed, these could be handed over to them to save troops. to respond to emergencies.

For example, if the gold and silver are not transported, the Yulin Army, the Xiliu Army, and the Hussar Army can immediately prepare for war and go to the frontier battlefield. Or take a direct detour to the prairie and directly raid the Naturalization City.

"Bi Aiqing, you should keep an eye on it and ensure the construction of the urban defense army in those provinces." Zhu Youxiao finally admonished.

"Your Majesty." He saluted and withdrew.

In the warm pavilion, in the end, only Wei Zhongxian was left.

"It's really hard to travel and work at sea during this time." Zhu Youxiao looked at it and said kindly.

"It's all for the Long Live Lord, there's nothing bitter or bitter." Wei Zhongxian replied respectfully.

"Alright, humbled." Zhu Youxiao smiled, "Nanyang's affairs, you can put it aside for the time being." As for the reply to Zheng Zhilong, tell him that either he will come with Xu Xinsu's head, or wait for my army to level the Ryukyus. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian responded.

"As for the next person for you, it is the person who contacted the Jurchen to learn about the development of the Emperor Taiji." As soon as this sentence came out, Wei Zhongxian suddenly realized, no wonder the emperor was unwilling to listen to Zheng Zhilong's appeal, compared with the Jurchens and Mongolians, he was just a little grasshopper, not worth mentioning.

"This time the information should be very detailed, all kinds of crops, what the local tribes can't share, as well as the Jurchen military situation, road traffic situation, all have to be understood." Zhu Youxiao instructed in detail, "After contacting him, tell him to let him guide the entire Jurchen tribe to the north for hundreds of miles, and after crossing the location of Mobei Mongolia, then turn around and go west." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen will definitely handle this matter." The emperor's detailed instructions made Wei Zhongxian understand his next task.

"Well, you bother with this matter, you don't have to contact Zheng Zhilong to plot against him, it doesn't matter if it succeeds or not, this matter must be successful, otherwise you will come to see you." Zhu Youxiao sternly admonished.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Wechen will do his best." Wei Zhongxian reassured.

"With this attitude, I can rest assured, okay, you can go down."

"Yes, Weichen retired." Wei Zhongxian saluted and left the palace.

The Jurchen matter was thought of by Zhu Youxiao from Lin Danhan, originally he had no idea at all, to deal with the Jurchens and force them to emigrate. However, Lin Dan Khan's sudden entry into the prison made him feel a sense of crisis, that Huang Taiji is even more awesome than Lin Dan Khan, political skills and military command ability, have thrown the former a lot, nearly a year later, I don't know how the other party has developed.

The vast north is the real henchman of the Ming Dynasty. After two years of conquest, he had some understanding and feelings about this.

Only after driving the Jurchens away and letting them rest for a while, they began to run away, until they passed through Siberia and crossed the Middle East, and Zhu Youxiao estimated that he would give up military action against them.

After dealing with government affairs, Zhu Youxiao stretched his waist and looked outside to find that it was already dark.

"Go to Kunning Palace, I will accompany the queen to finish dinner."

"Swing, Kunning Palace!" Liu Ruoyu's sharp voice came from afar.

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After November, time passed rapidly, the departments were very busy, constantly summarizing the work to provide to the boss for statistics, the Ministry of Rites was busy entertaining the envoys from afar, the police department was busy summarizing and promoting the police work, the Ministry of Industry was busy building roads, the household department was busy establishing files, and the Ministry of Finance was busy with financial settlements.

In short, every department is busy.

However, when the winter solstice is gradually approaching, the various departments are relaxed, what should be done has been done, for them, the second year of the apocalypse has passed, and after the winter solstice court meeting, it is necessary to carry out the next year's work plan report, and a month later, it will be the New Year's holiday, the twenty-day long holiday, so that all the officials are full of expectations.

Soon, in the second year of the Apocalypse, the first solar term determined in the lunar calendar, the winter solstice arrived.

Before the Han Dynasty, both the Zhou and Qin dynasties celebrated the winter solstice as the Spring Festival, when the first month of the month was November, not January. The winter solstice and the Spring Festival were separated, and it was after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted a new calendar and the summer calendar that it appeared specifically, and at that time there was a special winter solstice festival.

The winter solstice is the longest time of the year in the northern hemisphere, and after this day, the days gradually become longer and the nights become shorter.

This is the Winter Solstice Festival.

Folk festivals are generally very simple, they are all one word, eat! What dumplings, chaos, bacon, glutinous rice balls, rice cakes, all eat fragrant, especially this year, after a whole year of reform, not to mention other places, but the people of Beijing are absolutely rich, so the purchase of all kinds of food, very numerous.

However, at the national level, the festival is more complicated, especially for such an important festival as the winter solstice, and the etiquette is very cumbersome.

The day has just dawned, Zhu Youxiao got up, and all the officials also gathered, gathered at the Temple of Heaven, and began a grand worship to the sky, and what is very surprising is that this sacrifice is Haotian God. Along with the sacrifice were the founding emperors, the ancestors and ancestors.

From the national level, Haotian God has never died, but in Taoist culture, the name of the first righteous god has disappeared, and it has been replaced by the familiar Three Qing and Four Emperors, Heavenly Court Lingshan.

Zhu Youxiao followed the unfamiliar situation of the common people, and then preached that he was the reincarnation of Haotian God and stole his faith. At first, he was just to expand his influence and improve the customs of some people from the religious level, but after learning some very secret things from Wang Changyue, he was determined to continue doing so.

When the ceremonial officer recited the prayer of the sacrifice, all the officials looked at the emperor in front of him, his eyes were very strange, from the doctrine of the emperor's view, today's saint is Haotian God, this kind of self-worship of their own picture, no matter how you look at it, there is an indescribable awkwardness.

However, at most, they only dare to think about this kind of idea in their hearts, but they don't dare to put it on the table at all, and even Liu Zongzhou, who is the most vigorous in criticizing the emperor, does not dare to make a fuss about it.

It is their prerogative for the emperor to declare which god he is, and no one can criticize him. Since ancient times, the divine right of kings has been divinely granted, and this is the way in which divine authority is expressed, and there is no more orthodox than that of a monarch who is a god. This is one of the foundations of imperial power, and it is a forbidden area for anyone to touch.

After the sacrifice is completed, it is the hundred officials to congratulate, the emperor is counted in the Jinluan Palace, receiving the congratulations of the hundred officials, the two parties back and forth some auspicious words, do some pleasing things. Then it's time for the feast.

Because of the early wake-up, many ministers came on empty stomachs. People who have the experience of waking up early generally have this experience: before 7 o'clock, they don't want to eat, and after 7 o'clock, they start to feel hungry. This banquet was temporarily added by Zhu Youxiao, and there was no originality.

A few tables and chairs filled the entire Jinluan Palace, and thousands of officials enjoyed breakfast together, which looked very spectacular. The breakfast is also very rich, with dumplings, dumplings, and wontons.

After breakfast, it began to enter the formal, new link, from here, it is all Zhu Youxiao's own etiquette system.

The first ones can be called retreats, while the latter ones can be called pragmatic.

Different from last year, this year's opening session was Zhu Youxiao's concluding speech, in which he counted the major moves of the year, especially the conquest of Mongolia and the annexation of North Korea, as two key points, a big book. In short, this year is a strong year, and the Ming Dynasty is still the top of the world.

Of course, when he said this word, Zhu Youxiao was still a little weak-hearted, he knew that in this era, the West was thriving, not to mention anything else, shipbuilding and navigation technology left the Ming Dynasty a street.

However, the other ministers think that this is a matter of course, which can the Ming Dynasty not be the Heavenly Empire? Western? Their different colors of hair are a symbol of civilization?

In these days, scholars and doctors are still very discriminatory against Westerners.

: I'm just off work now, and I'm exhausted.