On the way back, Zhu Hao originally planned to go to Dengzhou to see the situation there, this will be his goal in the near future, an important stronghold to deal with Liaodong, but after thinking about it, this time he has been delayed in Beijing for a month, so he put down his thoughts and concentrated on rushing back. The team marched to Linqing, Shandong, and Zhu Hao asked most of the guards to escort the war horses by land, and he and a few people such as Li Dong went south of the canal, and by the way, they inspected the situation of the canal in the Shandong section.

The canal of the Ming Dynasty has an important role in inland transportation, is the main economic lifeline of the control of the capital, the transportation is busy, but due to the geographical influence, the water volume of the canal north of the Yellow River has been declining, mainly due to serious soil erosion, too much sediment precipitation, coupled with Chongzhen, frequent wars, the imperial court has no energy to manage and dredging, resulting in the canal cargo volume north of Jining is decreasing year by year, and it is difficult for large ships to navigate.

After the boat arrived at Taierzhuang, Zhu Hao got off the boat and took the land route, and he had a general idea in his heart. After meeting with the guards, he returned to Xuzhou in a few days.

After a month's absence, everyone chattered when they saw each other, and after Zhu Hao announced the appointment of the imperial court and the emperor's will, they were suddenly jubilant!

Zhu Hao is now the chief soldier of Xu Huai, concurrently acting as the governor, and being named an earl, which can be described as a high-powered and upright feudal official. The rest of the people, such as Luo Yunqu and others, also had their own promotions, and Chen Xiyao and Liu Ruyi were respectively named the second and third rank of the wife, and they were all happy.

In the month he entered Beijing, the army was undergoing an unofficial expansion, and since the family business settled in Xuzhou, the finances were not a problem at all, and Chen Xiyao said that even 200,000 people could afford it!

But Zhu Hao is not only thinking about the army, but now he has to deploy it all, and there are too many places to spend money, although he is rich and calculated, he is still stretched.

The problem of money had to be solved slowly, but fortunately, business was on the rise, and when the resources in his jurisdiction were integrated, it would naturally be greatly alleviated.

Now he had a regular army of 15,000 men, including 12,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 1,000 sailors. After a few days of deliberation, Zhu Hao ordered the reform of the military system and the formal formation of a new army.

The whole army was organized into a division, named the first division of the Daming Jianghuai New Army, under the jurisdiction of four infantry regiments, respectively headed by Luo Yunqu, Xiao Maoce, Zhao Yuansheng, Wang Boda, these four people are also the best batch of graduates in the first phase of the Xuzhou Military Academy, so others can't say anything. The cavalry regiment was headed by Zhou Da, and Hu Jianye, the commander of the naval division, and Li Tongwu, the chief of the training division, remained unchanged.

Under the regiment, there are four levels of organs, such as battalions, companies, platoons, and squads, and each higher-level unit has jurisdiction over three to four lower-level units according to the previous situation, so that the grading is clear, and the troop structure is more reasonable and effective; it is gratifying that a large number of officers of battalions, companies, and platoons have completed the replacement of cadets in military academies, and 80 percent of the command posts are held by new-style officers, and some of them are also outstanding talents, all of whom have been secretly put into his reserve talent pool by Zhu Hao. Another 150 new students were enrolled.

The Military Command consists of the General Staff Department, the Political Department, and the Logistics Department as the upper three departments, and the Ordnance Room, Training Department, and Reserve Force as the lower three departments; before there is no suitable candidate, the chief of staff is temporarily concurrently served by Zhu Hao, the deputy chief of staff is concurrently served by Luo Yunqu, and Liu Ru is Zhu Hao's military aircraft secretary.

Zhang Benduan was the most educated, serving as the director of the Political Department, Tai Dingfang was transferred to the commander of the reserves, Su Bingrui had average field skills and was appointed as the Xuzhou garrison, the former quartermaster Li Zuomeng was appointed as the logistics minister for his meritorious service in managing logistics, Zhang Dacheng was appointed vice president and chief instructor of the Xuzhou Military Academy, and Sun Deqi and Wu Cai, who stayed in Yangzhou, were appointed as staff officers and director and deputy director of the Xuzhou General Military Office in Yangzhou at the same time.

Zhu Hao designed the military flag of the new army, mainly using the red flag of later generations, with a yellow five-pointed star in the middle, and a war knife and a musket below are crossed. Zhu Hao explained to everyone: red represents blood and fire, swords and guns represent spirit and strength, and the five-pointed star represents the country and the nation, which means to defend the dignity of the country with blood and fire! Everyone is also very supportive of such a military flag and explanation, after all, such a rhetoric is very exciting.

The infantry was already fully armed with muskets, the cavalry was also fully armed with pistols and sabers, and each infantry regiment had its own artillery battalion with 20 to 40 guns of various types. Each regiment also has a multi-barrel musket company, a rocket company, an engineer company, a reconnaissance company, a field hospital and other specialized units.

The naval division has opened up a new military port in Lianyungang, and the first batch of ten thousand-material warships built by the Zhu and Chen families from Songjiang have arrived in Lianyungang in advance, each warship is equipped with a large number of new guns, and the sailors are also equipped with muskets.

Zhu Hao is now a feudal official, in charge of military and political affairs, and his subordinates no longer shout about generals and young masters, and they are uniformly renamed Dashuai, and they are also mighty when they listen to it, and he himself is also very satisfied, only Li Dong is not interested in this, and he is still a young master, and everyone knows that he has grown up with Zhu Hao since he was a child, and he has deep feelings and does not care.

Liu Fangze, the commander of the guard, Liu Maozong, the deputy commander, and the intelligence department are directly subordinate to Zhu Hao, but now there are only 200 guards, the number is too small, and some things are very inconvenient. The name is all given, it is called the Young Guard, but this matter is not urgent, the selection of loyal and reliable people must be very strict, rather than indiscriminate, he first asked Liu Maozong to recruit a group of teenagers over the age of fifteen who are absolutely loyal and worship to him from the orphanage to secretly inculcate and cultivate, and then asked Li Dong to select a group of such young people from the army.

In the end, the two of them worked hard, picking out a whole five hundred people, ranging from sixteen to twenty years old, this group of people has some things in common, one is young and vibrant, the other is absolute loyalty to Zhu Hao, and even some young can be described as fanatical, Zhu Hao wants this effect, although the original guards are loyal, but there is less fanatical spirit, to establish their own authority, they must establish a personality cult, in order to maximize the strength to complete their careers, he believes that with more victories in the future, coupled with vigorous propaganda, There will be more and more young people who are fanatical about themselves. In many ways, the Taizu of later generations is his guiding light!

Now there is basically no need to worry about the army, but there is no one available in government affairs, although Wang Yinzu, the prefect of Xuzhou, is now his own subordinate, he can deal with himself and himself, after all, he is not his own descendant, and he lacks talents!

It's really a dozing off, someone came to send a pillow, Zhu Hao was having a headache about this, and suddenly someone came to report, saying that the handsome old man Wang Fuzhi came to see!

Zhu Hao was overjoyed, and hurriedly welcomed him into the house, he hadn't seen him for two years, Wang Fuzhi faded away, and his face was mature. Zhu Hao looked at this young man who had just turned twenty years old and felt a little emotional.

"And Nong, you're finally here."

"It's the younger brother's fault that the eldest brother has been waiting for a long time." Wang Fuzhi also said excitedly.

"How have you spent the past two years?" Zhu Hao took his hand affectionately and sat down.

"It's nothing, in the past two years, I have traveled all over the south of the Yangtze River, and I have secretly infiltrated Shaanxi and Jin, and I have inspected the thieves, which is considered to increase my experience, but I didn't expect the eldest brother to be so heroic, and he won more with less against the Manchurians, and created an immortal feat!" The more Wang Fuzhi spoke, the more excited he became, as if he was in it.

"Hehe, it's too famous! It's just a small thing, and your eldest brother has a lot more to do in the future. Zhu Hao said proudly.

"I knew that my eldest brother was a dragon and a phoenix among people, and he had amazing talents." Wang Fuzhi did not hesitate to praise.

"Okay, you kid don't pour me ecstasy soup anymore, let's get down to business, have you thought about it, come and help me?"

"The younger brother is rushing here, I don't know what the eldest brother is sending?"

"Okay, now that my shogunate has just been established, I don't have to worry about the army for the time being, but I lack a talent in government affairs." Zhu Hao said overjoyed.

"Everything is arranged by the eldest brother." Wang Fuzhi is eager to try.

"I plan not to use the imperial court's system, the efficiency is too low, I want to set up a government department in the marshal's mansion, with you as the minister, issue decrees in my name, and handle government affairs, so that the military and government will not be separated, and improve efficiency, but this government department is set up by myself, not in the imperial court, so I can only wronged you for the time being."

"Ministry of Administration? This idea is good, big brother, you are serious, my husband is a person who is greedy for power, and it is my greatest wish to be able to do something for the people. Wang Fuzhi said solemnly.

"Good brother, I will gather everyone and announce the decision! In addition, if you have like-minded talents, you can also bring them! Zhu Hao said happily.

On the same day, Zhu Hao gathered a group of backbones to announce the appointment of Wang Fuzhi. With Zhu Hao's prestige now, everyone has no objection to any decision.