Zhu Cihong attaches great importance to the crown prince and has taken him with him since he was a child.

The higher the starting point, the greater the achievement, whether it is a military general or a civil servant, the prince has been subjected to political edification since he was a child.

Zhu Cihong hopes to train the prince into a new generation of wise lords, inherit his ambitions, and lead the Ming Dynasty to create brilliance!

Fortunately, the crown prince Zhu and His Majesty have excellent qualifications, and they have shown many extraordinary skills at a young age, and they are also very diligent after leaving the cabinet to study.

Zhu Cihong often praised in front of people: "My son and His Majesty have the qualifications of the Holy Lord......."

Seeing the Son of Heaven and the Crown Prince coming in full spirit, all the generals saluted together and shouted: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live my emperor, and His Royal Highness the crown prince is a thousand years old!" ”

With the strong rise of the demonic Tianwu Emperor, the generals did not dare to underestimate the new generation of crown princes, and they regarded them as the princes of the Ming Dynasty one by one.

Zhu Cihong smiled, raised his hand and said, "All Aiqing, let's be even!" ”

Zhu Cihong sat on the throne covered with a whole tiger skin, and waved his hand for the generals to sit down.

After Prince Zhu and His Majesty sat beside Zhu Cihong, everyone sat down in turn, looking at His Majesty the Emperor in the first seat.

Zhu Cihong looked at everyone in the hall and said with a smile: "I summoned you again this year, and I didn't let you stay at home, so I can't complain about me." ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and they all said that His Majesty's will was like heaven, and no one dared to delay for a moment.

Zhu Cihong ordered the palace people to serve tea to the generals and announced that they had entered the deliberations.

First of all, Sun Yingyuan, the chief minister of military aircraft, read out the holy decree, starting from the first day of next year, the Ming Dynasty abolished the compulsory military service system, changed to a conscription system, and preferentially selected the source of soldiers.

The generals nodded slightly in agreement.

With the development of these years, the Ming Dynasty has 150,000 people in the three armies of Tianwu, Jingwu Army, Dingwu Army, Anwu Army, Tianxiong Army, and three Duhufu armies, each with nearly 100,000 horses.

There are also two major naval fleets, the city defense forces of the local provinces, and the overseas troops stationed in Nanyang, and the total number of troops of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded one million.

At present, the war has basically subsided, and the country is as stable as Mount Tai, only the border sometimes has some friction with the surrounding small countries, but it is the Ming army that occupies the initiative, and there is really no need to engage in all the people to prepare so many reserves.

Next, Wu Zhong, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, read out the personnel transfers of the various armies.

Since the second year of Tianwu, the armies have been stationed in all parts of the country for seven or eight years, and it is time to change the nest, which is also the main link of this discussion.

However, Zhu Cihong did not make much move, but only exchanged the main generals of each army.

For example, Huang Degong and other generals of the Southern Military Governor's Mansion were transferred to the Central Military Governor's Mansion to take charge of the three armies of the Son of Heaven, and Huang Degong took over as the chief military minister.

Sun Yingyuan and other generals of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army were transferred to the Governor's Mansion of the Southern Army to take charge of the Jingwu Army, and Li Dingguo was also transferred to Yunnan.

Yang Yufan and other generals of the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion were transferred to the Northern Army Governor's Mansion to take charge of the Tianxiong Army and garrison the old border walls of the Great Wall in Beijing.

Lu Xiangkun and other generals of the Northern Army Governor's Mansion were transferred to the Western Army Governor's Mansion to take charge of the Dingwu Army, garrison Xijing'an, and control the Han land in several provinces within Jiayuguan.

Zhou Yuji, the protector of the Western Protectorate, was transferred to the Protectorate of the Northern Metropolis to serve as the Protector of the Metropolis to deter the three tribes of Northern Mongolia, and continued to expand to Siberia to expel the Russian forces.

After the resignation of Mao Yuanyi, the former protector of the eastern capital, Qi Guangyang, the deputy protector of the capital, was transferred to the western protectorate to deter the Kazakh Khanate and extend its influence to Central Asia.

Li Shaoyou, the former protector of the northern capital, was transferred to the eastern capital of the expedition to Seoul, stationed in Seoul, the Korean Peninsula, to stabilize the situation on the peninsula and develop the two islands of Kyushu and Shikoku.

The situation on the whole island of Japan was also monitored by the Imperial Protectorate of the Eastern Domain, which collected information on the daimyo of each feudal lord, and at the appropriate time, it could support several feudal lords to disturb the situation in Japan and create conditions for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to the island country.

All in all, in the next few years, the Ming Dynasty will have to fight wars and continue to recover those sacred territories that China has had since ancient times.

The exchange of generals and work arrangements was carried out for two full hours, and each general thoroughly implemented Emperor Tianwu's concept of opening up the territory.

At noon, Zhu Cihong had a royal meal in the Wuying Palace, and all the generals present were ordered to eat with him.

After eating, the deliberations continued.

Zhu Cihong smiled and clapped his hands, and immediately a team of eunuchs came from outside the hall, holding some rolled flags in their arms.

The eunuchs unfurled the banner in pairs, and everyone's eyes lit up, but it was a different type of dragon flag.

These dragon flags are all rectangular, the whole body is red, and there is a giant dragon hovering in the auspicious clouds in each flag, giving people a feeling of passion and blood boiling.

This is the traditional dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the military flag commonly used in the Ming army.

There are smart generals who can see at a glance that Your Majesty is going to unify the military flag!

Some time ago, in order to design the national flag, the imperial court solicited the opinions of the people through newspapers, and finally set the first national flag of the Ming Dynasty.

After the national flag is set, the current military flag will definitely have to be uniformly regulated.

In the past, the military flags of the Ming army were many and complicated, and there were various patterns such as flying tigers, turtles, and old cows.

It wasn't until the Tianwu Army played a majestic role that the generals of Zhu Cihong's family uniformly used the dragon flag as the military flag to show their conformity with the dragon.

Zhu Cihong ordered people to unfold the flag, pointed to the dragon-shaped pattern on it and said: "The dragon flag is a kind of military spirit, he represents the bravery of the soldiers of the whole army, and the momentum of winning a hundred battles!" ”

"I have decided that all armies will use the Dragon Banner as the military flag!"

Looking at the flag, the generals were overjoyed.

Many generals came out of the Tianwu Army, and the enemy was frightened when they saw the dragon flag, and they ran far away when they saw the dragon flag, and the momentum and spirit of the dragon flag have penetrated into the bone marrow of the generals.

Some people are really worried that the Son of Heaven will decree that only the Tianwu Army of the three armies of the Son of Heaven will be allowed to use the Dragon Banner, and no other armies will be allowed to use it.

Now, it seems, such fears are unwarranted.

Although the army of the Ming Dynasty uniformly used the dragon flag, there were obvious differences in the flags of each army, and the colors of the silk edges were all different.

The silk edge of the dragon flag is blood red all over, representing the military flag of the Tianwu Army.

The silk edge of the dragon flag is black, representing the military flag of the Jingwu Army.

The silk edge of the dragon flag is blue, representing the Ming Royal Navy.

In addition, there are white silk edges, cyan silk edges, and purple silk edges.

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In addition, there are also differences in the dragon flags of divisions, brigades, and regiments at all levels below the various armies.

In addition to the difference in pole height, the size of their flag is different, the unit is large, and the corresponding green dragon pattern in the flag is larger, and there is no trumpet belt.

For example, the regimental flag, the pole is one foot high and one foot high, with a tasseled head.

The brigade flag is one foot three feet high, with a tasseled head.

The division flag, the pole is one foot and five feet high, and the tasseled head is beaded and the pheasant tail.

The military flag is a flag that symbolizes the army or formed troops, and its flag color, banner size, flagpole length and decoration are different, indicating the status of the leader of the army, and also reflecting its culture.

The military flag does not have a strong and sharp weapon, nor does it have armor to avoid sharp protection, but it is the embodiment of the will of the country, the representative of national dignity, and the embodiment of the soul of the army.

With the development of the times, the spiritual core of the military flag has not only not been updated like a cold weapon, but has continued to carry forward and inspire the army to continue to march towards victory.

Zhu Cihong looked at the familiar generals, looked at their eager eyes, and said with a serious expression: "I hope that in the future, these dragon flags can follow you and fly above the four seas and all over the world!" ”

The hall bowed down for a while, and the generals shouted in unison: "I am willing to die for Your Majesty!" Willing to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty! ”

The generals shouted three times in unison, the sound shook the temple, and Zhu Cihong stood with his hands in his hands, full of confidence.

By his side, the crown prince Zhu and His Majesty were also moved, and in this atmosphere, the little heart gradually sprouted the desire to expand the territory for the empire.

(End of chapter)