Zhu Youdong said: "The bills were first issued to Chongqing, Chengdu and other nearby state capitals, and they were limited to these state capitals to purchase grain. When we do it well and have experience, we will promote it to other places. ”

Wang Jincai said: "Okay, I'll go and prepare, but we still don't have enough craftsmen here, and we don't have enough manpower." Zhu Youdong said: "The problem of manpower, let Peng Zhenxi find a way for you, it's really not possible, borrow the little officials of his prefect's yamen and use it first." ”

Wang Jincai left with a few officials and went to Peng Zhenxi to solve the manpower problem. Zhu Youdong said to Hong Yuao: "It's just right, I still have to look for you in the sixth life." Hong Yuao said: "I don't know what the Hou Ye is looking for me?" ”

Zhu Youdong said: "As I said just now, we are going to issue treasure banknotes, but this time the treasure banknotes cannot be issued in large quantities endlessly as before, we have to ensure the price of the treasure banknotes, so that it is the same as real money." But if this treasure banknote is worth a lot, it is inevitable that someone will take risks, so I want Liusheng to take people to design the model of this treasure banknote, and how to prevent counterfeiting of treasure money. ”

Hong Yuao was stunned for a moment and said: "The previous treasure banknotes also had anti-counterfeiting, isn't it enough?" Zhu Youdong said: "Of course it's not enough, everyone used to know that this treasure banknote will soon be worthless, so no one wants to counterfeit it, but now it's different, once we ensure the value of the treasure banknote, it can be used as real money, and someone will definitely take the risk of counterfeiting." ”

Hong Yuao said: "What Hou Ye said is reasonable, in the past, copper coins were faked, not to mention that this small piece of paper can be used as silver." But what requirements do you need to do for this anti-counterfeiting? ”

Zhu Youdong said: "As long as this treasure money can guarantee its value, then it is indispensable for private transactions." Therefore, this anti-counterfeiting logo should be easy to recognize, so that people all over the world can recognize it. But it can't be imitated, so that the counterfeiter can easily make it. ”

Hong Yuao said: "This is difficult, since everyone knows how to identify anti-counterfeiting, how can people not imitate it?" Zhu Youdong said: "It's not that he doesn't imitate it, but he can't imitate it." This requires finding some skilled craftsmen and using some of their unique techniques to maintain the authenticity of this anti-counterfeiting. ”

Hong Yuao suddenly understood, and said: "Okay, since Master Hou said the standard, I will go to the craftsman to do it." Zhu Youdong said: "We are not saying that we only do these well, but also let the local government intensify the crackdown on counterfeiting, and those who dare to falsify will be punished with hard labor, or directly beheaded, warning those who want to fake." ”

Zhu Youdong turned his head to Peng Changbao and said: "Regarding the matter of supervising the fraud in various places, let Zhao Shichao's people do it secretly, as long as they find the fraud, they will reward half of the amount of the counterfeit money." Local supervision can also be made, and whoever finds out is also rewarded according to this ratio. If someone covers up or conceals it, there are even those who want to create a fake case and defraud the reward. Regardless of the size of the official position, identity and relationship, all families will be exterminated. ”

When Hong Yuao heard that it was serious, he wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he understood. Regardless of the dynasty, it is a felony for a private person or an official to dare to mint coins privately.

Hong Yuao said: "In order to prevent the leakage of the coin sample, I recommend using craftsmen in the army to create it. Zhu Youdong was also worried about this possibility, so he said: "I think it's okay, after these craftsmen have created this model, they should not return to the original barracks, but directly transfer to your command and let them develop other things." ”

Hong Yuao knew that the purpose of leaving these craftsmen behind was to prevent the treasure banknote making process from being passed on. Zhu Youdong handed over the supervision to Jinyiwei, and handed over the manufacturing to Hong Yuao, but he was still a person who issued and executed it. Originally, Zhu Youdong wanted Yuan Kuoyu to do it, but because of what happened to Yang Mingyu, Zhu Youdong was planning to cool him for a few days, so he was in a hurry to arrange Yuan Kuoyu to do it.

Now there are no major wars, and there seems to be some kind of balance between the Ming Restoration Army and the Qing Army everywhere. The Qing army did not come to attack the Restoration Army, and now the Restoration Army is busy with Zhu Youdong's affairs in charge of the country, and does not take the initiative to provoke a war. The two sides had a rare brief period of peace.

However, the Qing army's troops were still assembled in Huguang one after another, and even part of Jiangxi's troops had already arrived, and they were stationed in Huguang, Changsha, and Baoqing. Of course, Zhu Youdong knew this information, but he just asked the troops on the front line to strengthen their defenses and not attack without authorization.

In Chongqing, Zhu Youdong also made adjustments to the political affairs of various localities, and became more and more anxious about the phenomenon of insufficient Chinese people. Fortunately, on the fifth day of the first month of March, Li Dingguo came to Chongqing with a large number of Yongli civil and military officials.

Li Dingguo's arrival, Zhu Youdong of course had to greet him ceremoniously. Looking at the vigorous Restoration Army, Li Dingguo also felt a lot of emotion, and was also very satisfied with Zhu Youdong's governance. Therefore, the return of both sides did not cause any unpleasantness.

With the arrival of Li Dingguo, Zhu Youdong's supervision of the country has become more urgent. With the support of Li Dingguo, Zhu Youdong also let go of the preparation of the prison country.

The officials who came to Chongqing with Li Dingguo were also retained. Since it is the prison of the country, the various official positions of the imperial court will also be appointed. After Zhu Youdong and Li Dingguo and others discussed, it was decided to appoint Fu Gang as a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites as the first assistant. Zhang Huangyan is a scholar of Wenyuange University and a secretary of the Ministry of Labor. Li Dingguo is a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the military department.

Li Laiheng is a scholar of Huagai Temple, and he is a scholar of the Ministry of Officials. Yuan Kuoyu is the secretary of the criminal department, and Hong Yuao is the secretary of the household department.

Then the other officials were appointed, and Lin Asan's Huimin Medical Bureau was temporarily returned to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. There are Zhou Dazhu, Liu Tichun, and Bai Wenxuan as deputy governors in the Dadu Governor's Mansion. Of course, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is Zhu Youdong himself, and all other generals are nominated by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and then the appointment of the Ministry of War takes effect.

However, the deployment of troops was entirely the responsibility of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the military department was only the logistical guarantee and vassal of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. In fact, Li Dingguo no longer has any rights under such an arrangement. 、

But everyone knows that the official position in the court is just a title, and Zhu Youdong also made it clear that Li Dingguo is still a general who leads the army, but he is just hanging a position in the imperial court. It is impossible for Zhu Youdong to let go, Li Dingguo is not a military general, but he is only allowed to be a scholar in the court.

This was followed by the reorganization of Li Dingguo's army, which numbered about 20,000 due to the complexity of Li Dingguo's army. Zhu Youdong decided to let Lin Kejia's Pingyuwei go south, led by Wang Zhili and He Daoning, to reorganize Li Dingguo's military territory, and then start a two-month training in Kunming.

Zhu Youdong arranged for the reorganization and training of the army, but did not immediately appoint the generals after the reorganization of the army. Zhu Youdong wants to let the army finish training and appoint generals, so that he can take the opportunity of the training to brainwash the soldiers and completely reorganize the army.

Hearing that Zhu Youdong was going to put the army in Kunming for training, Li Dingguo said: "Isn't the Marquis of Pingyu preparing to attack the Qing army?" Let the army train in Kunming for two months, I am afraid that the direction of the Qing army in Huguang has been completely stabilized. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Don't be afraid of these, there is no unbreakable line of defense in the world." As long as our army is elite enough, no line of defense will be strong. What's more, we still have tens of thousands of troops in Chongqing, how many troops are there in Huguang now? ”

Li Dingguo said: "The Qing court did not have many troops in Huguang, but they were able to transfer troops from Jiangxi to help. With the army in Jiangxi, the Huguang army will definitely be able to attack, and there is still no problem in defense. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "What I want is that the Qing army will transfer the army from Jiangxi to Huguanglai." We captured the Qin sent to Yunnan by the Qing army, and he said that the Qing court was waiting for the return of the army from Yunnan. Therefore, the Qing army's army in Huguang will not attack at all, at most it will defend. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Is this news reliable? Even if it's true, I think we need to be prepared. If the Qing army suddenly attacked, it would not be timely. We were caught off guard. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Of course, not to mention that our army is always preparing to attack the Qing army, and we dare not relax the surveillance of the Qing army for a moment." ”

Li Dingguo said: "Since the army has not relaxed for a moment, why does the Marquis of Pingyu want to let the army wait for these few months now?" ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Since the Restoration Army came last year, it was almost a ten-month campaign. The soldiers did not rest for a moment, and fought for such a long time. The soldiers were tired. If we continue to fight, our soldiers will not only be war-weary, but will also face more casualties. ”

Zhu Youdong glanced at Li Dingguo and said: "King Jin's army is probably also exhausted. Since the beginning of the 12th year of the Yongli campaign, he has been working for nearly two years, and even the soldiers who are beaten by iron are probably tired of war. So taking advantage of the time of the armistice of the Qing army, we also let the soldiers take a rest. ”

Zhang Huangyan and Li Laiheng on the side also agreed, and said: "Yes, I have never let soldiers fight for so long in the past, if you don't let the soldiers rest, war-weariness is good, if there is a mutiny, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Of course, our army is not resting and recuperating, but will take turns to attack local bandits and robbers. Wipe out some Qing forces scattered into the mountains, as well as those natives who are unwilling to go out of the mountains and resolutely resist us. ”

Hearing Zhu Youdong's arrangement, Li Dingguo said: "It's okay, after clearing out the unstable elements in these places, we can resist the Qing Dynasty with confidence." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "I want more than this, clean up these captured prisoners of war and hand them over to the Ministry of Industry." Zhang Huangyan on the side heard that he was going to hand over these prisoners of war to himself, and immediately asked curiously: "Master Hou, what are these people giving me for?" It would be better to hand it over to the local government for custody. ”

Zhu Youdong snorted coldly and said, "Give it to the local government?" I will also pay for them to support them, and hand them over directly to the Ministry of Industry, which will use these people to reinforce, reinforce, and widen the official roads in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. It is convenient for military and baggage convoys to pass through. ”

Zhang Huangyan was taken aback and said, "Master Hou, I heard you right, you want to strengthen and widen the official road of Yungui?" "It's no wonder that Daniel Zhang was shocked, this Yungui's official path is not easy to cultivate. Speaking of it, it is an official road, but there are many places that cannot be passed at all, and a passage is carved out in the middle of the mountain, and only one person and one horse can pass through, so the supply of materials for the Yungui army will be so difficult.

Zhu Youdong said: "Of course, these prisoners of war don't accept the king, and they still want to fight against the heavenly soldiers." was captured, and you still want me to keep him for nothing? I, Zhu Youdong, should not be the wronged leader. ”

Zhang Huang said: "Master Hou, I'm afraid this is a little difficult, Yungui and other places, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, how to repair it." Zhu Youdong said: "How can it not be repaired?" When you meet the water, you can build a bridge, and you can open the road when you meet the mountains. If it is necessary to open the mountain, I will allow you to mobilize the gunpowder to open the mountain. But you have to keep this thing under strict control, and if it flows out, it's going to be troublesome. ”