In the nineteenth year of Chongzheng, the Ming Empire can be described as a happy event, just after the New Year, the Chongzheng Emperor issued an edict to canonize the prince Zhu Hetou as the crown prince, and the whole Ming Dynasty celebrated.

Immediately afterwards, another earth-shattering piece of good news, the degree of explosion even overshadowed the canonization of the crown prince!

What is more important than the canonization of the crown prince?

If you want to talk about this matter, if you just listen to the name, it is really not a big deal, it is that the emperor rewards the ministers.

It is really not uncommon for almost every emperor to do this kind of thing to reward his ministers, but what Zhu Cijiong rewarded this time was not gold and silver treasures, silk and satin, but titles and territories!

What is even more exaggerated is that he rewarded not one or two, but dozens.

This is a great event, in the Ming Dynasty, the titles and territories awarded to non-royal personnel were already pitiful, and the large-scale reward of titles and territories was also done by the two emperors Taizu and Chengzu, and other emperors would be good if they could reward one or two titles, and there were no more than ten, let alone dozens.

Zhu Cijiong's large-scale reward of titles and territories was not a whim, he had a lot of considerations.

First of all, since he succeeded to the throne, he has fought almost every year, and countless soldiers have sacrificed their lives and forgotten their lives for the Ming Dynasty, fought in all directions, expanded their territory, and did not reward them, which is unreasonable;

Then, there were many civil officials who forgot to sleep and eat for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, fighting day and night, making the Ming Dynasty stronger than any previous dynasty, and it was unreasonable to say that it was not rewarded;

Finally, the most important point is that the royal family needs support, and when he is in power, he can also rely on his prestige to suppress the Quartet and maintain the stability of the Ming Empire.

You must know that the current Ming Empire, the local area alone has reached an unprecedented more than 40 million square kilometers, plus colonies and vassal states, the entire Ming Empire occupies almost one-third of the world's land!

In the face of such huge interests, it is impossible for people not to make up their minds.

And he can't guarantee that all his children and grandchildren will be outstanding and outstanding, so he must leave a group of escorts for future generations.

These people are naturally these people who have obtained the title, that is, the so-called nobles, because their interests are closely related to the royal family, once the royal family falls, the possibility of them being able to keep the title is very small, so they will definitely not watch the royal family fall.

In fact, originally, there were still some nobles in the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately in the battle of Tumubao, he was almost killed by the great eunuch Wang Zhen, so since then, the Ming royal family is not as good as a year, and it is often played by eunuchs or civil official groups!

This time, Zhu Cijiong just wants to make up for this shortcoming and leave a group of escorts for his children and grandchildren.

The scale of this reward can be said to be second only to the reward of Emperor Taizu at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

All Legionnaires of the First Class were made dukes, counting:

Lu Xiangsheng, the Duke of the Kingdom of Qiu;

Xu Guogong Cao Wenzhao;

Jiguo Gongsun Chuanting;

Chen Guogong Hou Shilu;

Deng Guogong Zheng Zhihu;

Shen Guogong Huanglong;

Qin Liangyu, the Duke of Juguo.

In addition, there are two civil officials who have been knighted, namely:

Ji Guogong Bi Maokang;

Teng Guogong Sun Yuanhua.

All the commanders of the second-class legions were made marquises, counting:

Shucheng Hou Qin Gongming;

Guancheng Hou Mangui;

Katsuragi Hou Mao Wenlong;

Gucheng Hou Yang Geng;

Baicheng Hou Chen Hui;

Tongcheng Hou Zhengxing.

In addition, there are two civil officials who have been made marquises, namely:

The Marquis of Sucheng

Song Yingxing, Marquis of Zhucheng

The commanders of all third-class legions were all made counts, and due to their large numbers, they will not be listed here.

Among all the heroes, only Zheng Chenggong did not make a duke, because he was the son of the king of Zhennan and was destined to inherit the throne of the king of Zhennan, and the duke was too small for him, but in order to reward his merits, Zhu Cijiong directly issued an order to change the political envoy of the old Gangcheng to Zheng Guo and reward Zheng Chenggong as a fief.

Zheng Chenggong is also the only fief in the Ming Empire, the other princely fiefs are all in the colonies of the North American continent, the duke rewards thousands of hectares of fertile land, the marquis rewards thousands of hectares of fertile land, and the earl rewards hundreds of hectares of fertile land, but these must wait until the garrison over there is completed before they can be slowly circled.

As soon as the will of the reward was announced, it was naturally another celebration, so I will not repeat it here.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong began to mobilize the army and deploy the whole world to ensure security.

Originally, he thought that more than three million regular troops were too much, and some of them would definitely be disbanded after the war, but he never thought that the Ming Dynasty would eventually conquer such a large territory, and he would also send troops to monitor and control the anti-Habsburg coalition powers, and as a result, the number of regular legions seemed to be a little insufficient.

Of course, these are all good things, the bigger the territory, the stronger the power, and if you control the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, you don't have to worry about them developing and threatening the Ming Dynasty in the future, so why not.

What he has to do now is to station these more than three million troops in the most suitable place to ensure that the hegemony of the Ming Empire will not be shaken.

The garrison of the army is mainly based on five first-class corps, of which:

Generalissimo Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army to be stationed in Jinshan Harbor and was responsible for the defense of the entire North American colony.

The Loyal Warriors under Yang Zhong were stationed in Virginia and were responsible for the defense of the East Coast of North America.

Deputy Field Marshal Sun Chuanting led the Qin army to be stationed in Rotterdam and was responsible for the defense of the entire European continent

Under his command was the First Army of the Frontier Guards stationed in Tsarist Russia;

the Second Corps of the Border Guards, stationed in Sweden;

the 3rd Army Corps of the Border Guards stationed at Osan;

the Fourth Army of the Border Guards stationed in Denmark;

the Dongjiang Army stationed in the United Kingdom;

The Dingliao Army stationed in France.

Vice Marshal Cao Wenzhao led the Guanning Army to be stationed in Guanning City, responsible for the defense of the whole of North Asia

Under his command is the Liaodong Army commanded by Mangui;

the Shaanxi Reserve Corps commanded by Hong Chengchou;

the Shanxi Reserve Corps commanded by Zuo Liangyu;

the Henan Reserve Corps commanded by Wu Sangui;

The 1st Expeditionary Force was transferred back to Kandahar to garrison and was responsible for the defense of the whole of South Asia.

Under his command is the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force commanded by Qin Yiming;

the Jiangnan Reserve Corps commanded by Zhang Yinghuai;

the Quang Nam Reserve Corps commanded by Liu Dashou;

the Yunnan Reserve Corps commanded by Xie Chaozuo;

There are also Wuwei troops stationed in the Eurasian Canal under its command.

And Qin Liangyu led the first legion of the Praetorian Guard to garrison in the capital of Daming,

The Second Legion of the Praetorian Guard under the command of Shi Kefa was stationed in Dongsheng Shenzhou first, and as for how to adjust it in the future, it would have to wait until he abdicated.

The Navy's eight fleets are mainly scattered in various seas according to demand.

Among them, the Navy Praetorian Guard Corps was stationed in Dongdaying to guard the safety of the capital;

The Beiyang Naval Division was stationed in Dunkirk to deter the anti-Habsburg coalition navy;

The Nanyang Naval Division is stationed in Xingcheng Port and is responsible for the defense of the Nanyang waters;

The North Sea Fleet is stationed in the port of Jinshan and is responsible for the defense of North American waters;

The East China Sea Fleet is stationed in Nandaying and is responsible for the defense of the Southeast Seas;

The South China Sea Fleet is stationed in the Eurasian Canal and is responsible for canal security;

The Arctic Fleet is stationed in the city of Tunguska and is responsible for the defense of the Arctic waters;

The Naval Reserve Corps was temporarily stationed in Dongsheng Shenzhou to transfer supplies back and forth.

With this layout, no matter where there is a problem, at least more than 500,000 troops can be gathered in a short period of time, and it can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty is impregnable, and the whole world is under control!