"Yes, marriage, I have decided that after the Longteng army returns to Beijing, I will select a hundred unmarried officers from the Longteng army to marry. Of course, it is ranked by military merit. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile. He felt that this attention of his mind was simply perfect, what a glorious thing the emperor had given him to marry, and that the bride was worthy of them in terms of appearance and talent, which was definitely a great joy for all.

"The concubine will arrange it immediately." Zhang Yan replied.

"Make it clear to the palace maid that everything is voluntary and cannot be forced." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The concubine understands." Zhang Yan said.

After Zhu Youxiao dealt with the reward, there was also the matter of bereavement, which was more nerve-wracking.

"How many Imperial Villages do I have in various places?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"This ...... Your Majesty, this needs to be recalculated. Wang Liqian couldn't answer. The Huangzhuang is expanding every year, and Wang Liqian can't answer the specific number.

"In addition to the suburbs of Beijing, is the number of Huangzhuang in the areas of Hebei, Shandong and Beizhi clear? There can be hundreds of thousands of acres. Zhu Youxiao asked.

"There are definitely hundreds of thousands of acres." Wang Liqian replied.

"I have decided to give eighty acres of land to each fallen soldier from the Imperial Village, and tax exemption for one year. This matter must be completed before the Dragon Teng Army Division. Zhu Youxiao said.

The Huangzhuang problem is also a cancer in the Ming Dynasty, the land annexation is serious, and the Huangzhuang is an unavoidable topic.

"No." Wang Liqian said.

……

There is another thing that Zhu Youxiao has always wanted to do, that is, to build the Imperial Army Academy and the Imperial Artillery Academy, and now Zhu Youxiao feels that the time is ripe. At this time, the status of military generals was far inferior to that of literati, and most scholars were reluctant to become soldiers. Zhu Youxiao can only select outstanding soldiers from the army to study, and Zhu Youxiao plans that in the new army in the future, officers of 1,000 generals and above must be cadets who have graduated from military academies, and of course Zhu Youxiao will also allow special exceptions to exist.

The Imperial Army Academy, Zhu Youxiao decided to set up near Beijing, and the Imperial Artillery Academy Zhu Youxiao decided to set it up in Hebei. Originally, Zhu Youxiao only planned to set up an army academy, but now Zhu Youxiao felt that it was necessary to add an artillery academy, in this battle of Mubang, Xiong Tingbi mentioned the role of the tiger squat cannon many times in the battle report, especially in the decisive battle of the battle of Mubang, a large number of artillery was used, so that the Longteng army won the war at a very small cost.

Artillery was known as the god of war in later generations, and although the gap between the current artillery and the artillery of later generations was not half a point, Zhu Youxiao believed that it was imperative to train artillery professionals. Napoleon's ability to sweep across Europe was inseparable from his large-scale use of artillery, and he was the first to officially establish artillery as a branch of the army.

……

Early the next morning, the supplement of the "Ming Imperial Daily" was released. Now the newspaper is beginning to take shape, and it is no longer like in the past when it took several days to issue a temporary supplement. It's just that the number of journalists is still only a few people.

The influence of the "Daming Imperial Daily" is also increasing day by day, and other non-governmental newspapers in Beijing are under the control of Zhu Youxiao's thoughts, and there is little room for survival, so they either go out of business or move to Nanzhi. The only regret for Zhu Youxiao is that the "Daming Imperial Daily" is still losing money, and his plan to reduce the "Daming Imperial Daily" to half a copper dollar has never been realized.

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! One copper dollar per copy. "The Ming Imperial Newspaper gave birth to a new profession, that is, the newsboy, for every newspaper sold, he could get half a copper dollar, in this period, it can be regarded as a high-paying profession.

"Is there any news of the battle of Mubang in the newspaper today?" A scholar asked, dressed up.

"Childe, today's supplement is about the battle of Mubang, and there is also the emperor's argument on it." The newsboy replied immediately.

"And His Majesty's arguments, give me two." The scholar took out two copper dollars and said.

"Childe, give." The newsboy said happily.

After the newsboy finished this business, he realized that there was something wrong with the way he shouted, so he immediately changed his way, "Sell newspapers!" A supplement about the Battle of Kibang! There is the emperor's argument about this battle! ”

Sure enough, the newsboy had more than doubled his newspaper sales, and by noon his newspapers were all sold out.

……

At this time, the teahouse was also crowded, and many people came to listen to the newspaper.

His Majesty said: "After saying these three words, the newspaper reader became solemn and serious.

When I first started reading the newspaper, as soon as these three words were mentioned, everyone had to kneel, and after Zhu Youxiao learned about this situation, he did not have to kneel when listening to the newspaper.

"The battle of Mubang is related to the glory of the empire, this is the first time in the past hundred years that the empire has taken the initiative to attack, and it has taken the initiative to teach those who covet the empire to teach a lesson, from now on, the empire will no longer focus on defense, but will completely eliminate the people who have hurt the empire, those who provoke the empire, let everyone know that the empire is sacrosanct, any foreign race in the empire who wants to invade, any foreign race who wants to enslave the people of the empire, will definitely fail, and will definitely pay the price of blood......"

The storyteller has his own special set of emotions in using his tone to arouse people's emotions, and the newspaper reader read Zhu Youxiao's words impassionedly, and the people who listened to it were also enthusiastic.

"Your Majesty said it well! We must not sit idly by. Someone excitedly banged on the table and said loudly.

"After listening to His Majesty's words, I want to be a soldier. At the time of the national crisis, if no one generously goes to death today to revive the prestige of our country, there will be no latecomers to reorganize the mountains and rivers in the future. Someone said excitedly. These two sentences can now be blurted out by many people who often listen to newspapers.

"You still want to be a soldier like this, I heard that the new army's salary is very high now, and this time when you go to Mubang, the people with the least number of people in the new army have won more than a dozen taels of silver dollars."

"Even if I can't, I still have a son, and in a few years, my son will be able to serve as a soldier for the emperor."

……

The entire teahouse was bustling with discussions about the Battle of Mubang and Zhu Youxiao's arguments. Only a few people sitting in the private seats of the teahouse appeared calm, and whispered other opinions.

"Elder Han Ge, what do you think about this?" Gao Panlong asked.

"Yun Cong, look at the current public situation, I'm afraid it's not so easy to stop it now." Han Yi shook his head and said.

"The lower officials think that Your Majesty is going to embark on the road of reckless military force, and the Han and Tang dynasties will die by force, has Your Majesty forgotten? As an imperial historian, it is necessary for the minister to persuade His Majesty to give up such thoughts. It was Huang Zunsu who spoke, and he said first. In later generations, there are sayings of the Six Gentlemen of Donglin and the Seven Gentlemen of Donglin, and this seventh refers to Huang Zunsu.