The prestige of the Left War is unprecedented, especially in the eyes of the soldiers, it is simply a god-like existence. Zuo Zhan decided to strike while the iron was hot, open an army academy as soon as possible, and reorganize the modern army.

At present, the army of the Ming Dynasty is composed of guards on the direct army, imperial city guards, Beijing camps, capital patrols, four guard battalions, as well as local guards, squad troops, border defense, coastal defense, river defense, in addition to the township people and village soldiers. According to the arrangement of Chengzu Zhu Di, if you want to drive the expedition in person, the emperor's camp is in the center, and the 3,000 battalions are responsible for carrying the flag, and are in charge of the dragon flag, Yunlin, Longjing, Baoxu, golden drum, banner, and armor, and basically have no combat effectiveness. The five armies are divided into front, rear, left and right, with infantry on the inside, cavalry on the outside, and then the Shenji Battalion on the outside, followed by the Four Guards Battalion or the army of the Guards and Tusi on the outermost side.

This kind of arrangement reveals the military wisdom of the ancients, but it also has the drawbacks of a large number of troops and it is difficult to cooperate effectively. Zhu Di has been on the front line with Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, and Lan Yu for a long time, and belongs to the second generation of the king who was baptized by fire, and he has completed the battle of Jingjing, which has never been seen before or after, so under his command, the Ming army has fought all over the world invincible, and has repeatedly created imaginary enemies to help the Mongolian neighbors in the north move. However, the descendants are uneven, and most of them are difficult to control such a complex set of tactics, coupled with the decline of the army's own combat effectiveness, so it is not uncommon for the fiasco of Tumubao and Salhu.

Although the Ming Dynasty reversed the decline on local battlefields in the past two years and cultivated a group of outstanding generals, it still needs to be further improved if it wants to complete the Northern Expedition in a devastating manner. In addition to the aforementioned weapons and horses, the heavy logistics were also a problem, which directly limited the protracted and laborious battle of conquest in the heart of the left war.

In order to realize his dream as soon as possible, Zuo Zhan has been squatting in the army for several days. First of all, the guards were changed to the Yulin Guards, and the belts were arranged according to the seven colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple), with red as the honor, and different colors represented different military exploits. The soldiers were all selected from the orphans of the martyrs, and were led by Qi Changguo and Yu Dingbian.

The 3,000 battalion was changed to the Tiger Army, which was responsible for the garrison of the imperial city, and was led by Qi Baoguo and Li Xingbang. The merged Shenji Battalion and the Five Military Battalions, collectively known as the Royal Army, were all equipped with war horses and firearms, and were led by Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng. The Four Guards Battalion was changed to the Yongwei Battalion, wearing a black tiger head mask, which was the main force of the Ming Dynasty cavalry corps.

As for the guards, the Tusi, and the local squad defense, the Army Academy appointed military attachés, who were only allowed to use improvised firearms and blades, and at the same time sent political commissars to strengthen the jurisdiction of the central government and prevent local rebellions similar to the Lu'an Rebellion. Of course, this arrangement is similar to the "strong trunk and weak branches" of the Northern Song Dynasty, but there is a fundamental difference between the two. The Royal Army and the Royal Navy to be established later will regularly go out to destroy foreign enemies by using the advantages of equipment and tactics, and then dispatch soldiers and horses from the guards and Tusi to maintain local law and order, to put it bluntly, armed police.

While Zuo Zhan was meditating on military reform, Xu Guangqi once again brought him a huge surprise, it turned out that he had completed the compilation of the almanac. Zuo Zhan thought to himself that this was a major event that would benefit the country and the people, and that with a more accurate calendar, the entire Chinese nation would be of infinite use.

After the two gentlemen and ministers exchanged pleasantries, they saw Xu Guangqi holding out a thick stack of pages and saying:

"The Emperor and his colleagues in the Qin Tianjian calculated the solar eclipse according to the "Great Unification Calendar" and the "Calendar of Hours", and their initial losses, eclipse and recovery times were different. He also co-pushed with the Western priests, and found that there are many reasonable places in the foreign calendar, thinking that the difference is circular, the years are uneven, the sky has latitude, the earth has longitude, the column has its own line, the moon and the five stars have this round, and the sun and the moon have the true meeting and the visual meeting. Therefore, the minister suggested cross-reference with his law, improve the new calendar, and formally adopt the position of the sun on the ecliptic as the standard of qi. ”

Probably because he was too excited, Xu Guangqi actually had some spasms. Zuo Zhan knew how much he valued this almanac just from his tone, which was perhaps his proudest achievement. In fact, the Left War paid more attention to the new calendar, but it was not revealed. It acts as a catalyst that will directly contribute to the qualitative leap of agricultural civilization and lay the foundation for the coming commercial civilization.

Zuo Zhan carefully looked at the arrangement of the 24 solar terms, and found that it was infinitely close to the lunar calendar used in New China, and said earnestly:

"I like this almanac very much, and I have ordered you to be the chief compiler of the calendar, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household will revise it and finalize it. Let Yang Lian first allocate a certain amount of funds, print 500,000 copies and distribute them to all prefectures, counties, and townships, first listen to the opinions of various localities, and use them in the territory after maturity. ”

Xu Guangqi happily accepted the order, and when he left, he showed a cheerful tone in his steps. Zuo Zhan thought to himself, where do you know what this calendar represents, let alone spending 100,000 taels of silver to publish it, even if it costs 1 million taels, it is worth it. If you are poor, you can't be poor in education, and you can't lack knowledge if you lack anything!

Zuo Zhanshen found that he was completely integrated into this era, although he missed his relatives in the other world very much, but he was at peace when he came. Especially the queen Zhang Yan is approaching her due date, and the moon is like a bird and gentle according to people, and most of the court's ministers are like-minded. There are so many people who support themselves and help themselves, and if they are not satisfied, they will have nothing to draw.

Although it is a little hard to be an emperor, it feels really good to be in front of and back, and this era is really full of disasters and difficulties, surrounded by strong enemies, and the Chinese nation has really reached the most dangerous time. As the saying goes, the times create heroes, and heroes want to help the building to fall, maybe that's why God wants to arrange himself to come to this era!

Thinking of this, Zuo Zhan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and felt that his hard work and grievances were worth it. The so-called heart has a soul, Zhang Yan is also very happy at this time, but she is also a little more worried in addition to being happy, because she is about to give birth, and suddenly feels that the little guy in her belly is starting to be restless, and she is falling down vigorously. Fortunately, the Tai Hospital has already had a number of second spring saints on duty, and all the people and utensils have been prepared.

At this time, a palace maid had already come to report, and Zuo Zhan laughed heartily when he heard it, just like a spring breeze and rushed to the Qianqing Palace. I heard that an hour ago, Zhang Yan was playing mahjong with Kou Yue and Concubine Zhuang, what a big addiction! Zuo Zhan was angry and laughed, angry that Zhang Yan was so careless, you must know that before the technology of caesarean section, a woman giving birth to a child was like walking away from the ghost gate, and once the fetal position was not correct, she would die. The smile is that he is about to become a father, and it can be regarded as opening up the branches and leaves for the old Zhu family to ensure that there are successors to the country.

Hearing Zhang Yan's shout, he gradually became hoarse, and Zuo Zhan's heart was like a knife. When my lover was pregnant in August, she accidentally gave birth to a miscarriage, and the two hugged each other tightly on the hospital bed, and half of the pillow was soaked with tears. At two o'clock in the morning, the bone crack cracked, and in pain, she twisted Zuo Zhan's arm hard, and by the time she reached the sixth bone seam, she had no heart and almost took emergency measures. Husband and wife looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and tried to enlighten each other to be strong, no matter how big the difficulties are, as long as the two of them face them together, they will definitely get better in the future. This heart-rending process lasted for more than two hours, but it was like a world away for the two, and after the induction of labor, the lover took a tranquilizer and quieted down in a half-asleep sleep. Hearing the cry of the baby next door, thinking about his flesh and blood that had not yet opened his eyes, Zuo Zhan's heart was like ashes.

Now that he heard this hoarse shout again, Zuo Zhan felt sorry for Zhang Yan first, and secondly worried about the accident, swaying back and forth like a walking corpse, his face full of worry and fear. Seeing that he was so nervous, everyone's hearts also rose to their throats, and they stood cautiously on both sides waiting to listen to the shouting.

To say that Zuo Zhan is also concerned about chaos, in fact, medicine in the Ming Dynasty has been very developed, the hospital has a total of 20 imperial doctors, officials, 13 departments, a total of more than 70 doctors. These people are all holy hands selected from all over the country, and all of them can hang pots to help the world. In particular, Wu Youxing, who is in charge of midwifery, is not only a medical family, but also has a wealth of practical experience in every epidemic. Seeing that the emperor was so nervous, Wu Youxuan persuaded:

"The saint can rest assured, Niangniang is working hard at this time, so it is really not appropriate to disturb."

The so-called art masters are bold, Zuo Zhan saw that Wu Youxing was so calm, and he quickly quieted down, thinking about naming the child to distract himself. In that year, Zhu Yuanzhang established a domain, in order to clarify the tribe and generation, each son was a faction, and each branch set 20 characters as the generation, and then arranged wood, fire, earth, metal, and water according to the relationship between the five elements, as the side of the third character.

The generation is easy to say, the branch of Yanwang Zhu Di is: "Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou, Hou Zai Yi Changyou, Cihe Yi Bozhong, Jian Jingdi Xianyou", is the third word trouble, the carpenter emperor's real name is Zhu Youxiao, by the word generation, the five elements belong to wood, the next generation is the Ci word generation, and the five elements belong to fire.

When he was meditating, he suddenly heard a baby's cry in the hall, and Zuo Zhan rushed in like an ape, and immediately jumped up when he saw that the mother and child were safe. gently kissed Zhang Yan's forehead, and a big stone in her heart finally landed.

On the day of the full moon of the child, Zuo Zhan feasted the ministers and nobles, and the Zongren Mansion had already drawn up Hong, Xuan, and Jiong as references. In front of everyone, Zuo Zhan raised his glass and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Aiqing, the eldest son of the emperor is very happy, and he has been named Zhu Cihong, and I hope that he will grow up healthily. Today is a double happiness, everyone can eat and drink with peace of mind, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return! ”

After the greetings, Zuo Zhan continued with the strength of wine:

"Concubine Zhang Yan, since entering the palace, has been diligent and thrifty, and she is very exemplary in the world. Now I gave birth to a dragon descendant, and after the Spring Festival, Jin named her the queen, and Zhang Guoji, the national abbot, was named Taikangbo, and transferred 500,000 taels from the internal bank to the disaster victims, and allocated 200,000 taels to reward the southwest soldiers. In addition, Enke will be added next year, which will be funded by the imperial court for students from all over the world to enter Beijing to catch the exam. ”

When everyone heard this, they kowtowed to the mountain and shouted long live, how lucky it is to have an emperor who always thinks about the people of the world. These people gathered in the power center of the dynasty for fame and fortune, some coveted wealth and wealth, and some wanted to serve the country loyally, but whether they could realize their ideals in the end depended more on the emperor's personality. Just as there will always be countless virtuous ministers and celebrities around Mingjun, there are great traitors and evildoers everywhere before and after the faint monarch.