If you have a rule for everything and a precedent to follow, it will be easier to do it in the future.

This time Chongzhen's four-year Zhengdan Dynasty will be like this, although there are thousands of things and many affairs, but because of the precedent that has gradually formed since Emperor Chongzhen's accession to the throne, everything was done smoothly and smoothly according to the rules.

All those activities that required the emperor to come forward to meet with the envoys of the vassal states, foreign vassals, and Xiyi states were arranged by the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to take place in December before the Chinese New Year.

At the great court meeting on the day of the New Year's Day, these envoys from various Shu states just followed the other noble ministers of the Ming Dynasty to go through the motions inside and outside the Imperial Palace, and it was over.

Several ministers of the cabinet, as well as Xu Yunzhen, the prince of Dingguo, who automatically became the head of the noble family of Jingshi Xun after the death of the British prince Zhang Weixian, continued to follow the division of labor and practice in previous years, instead of Emperor Chongzhen, and went to the Temple of Heaven and Earth Temple in the north and south of the capital, as well as the altar of the Sun and Moon Society in the mountains and rivers, and wrote down the achievements of the Ming Dynasty in the past year.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen once again took the opportunity of this Zhengdan court meeting to announce some major policies of the court that he had already discussed with the cabinet ministers to the people of the world in the name of the Zhengdan edict.

One of the most interesting things is the relevant arrangements for Chongzhen's fourth year of spring.

Xu Guangqi, a cabinet minister, a scholar of Wenhuadian University and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, once again served as the chief examiner of Chongzhen's four-year spring, that is, the president.

And He Ruzhong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who had just returned from the canonization of the Ryukyu King from the Ryukyu Kingdom a few years ago, was appointed by Emperor Chongzhen to serve as one of the two deputy examiners of Chongzhen's four-year spring because of his meritorious service in the Ryukyu mission.

The other deputy chief examiner is now one of the royal mouthpieces of Emperor Chongzhen, the left side of the Imperial Procuratorate of the Imperial Palace, Jia Jichun.

In addition to announcing to the whole world the chief and deputy examiners of the fourth year of Chongzhen, officially in the form of an edict, the newly established provinces such as Hebei, Rehe, Hezhong, and Datong in addition to the original two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty were included in the northern list of imperial examination candidates.

At the same time, the Koreans, Ryukyu, and Mo's Annam, as well as the new Ming Dynasty clan within the Ming Dynasty's Tsushima Domain, Toungoo Burma and Zong's Tsushima Domain, were also included in the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty in the fourth year of Chongzhen's edict to redefine the northern and southern lists of the imperial examination.

Under the supervision of the Ming envoys to the DPRK, the DPRK can hold its own township examinations, and those who have won the township examinations can be reported to the Ming Rites Department by the Ming envoys in the DPRK, and then come to Beijing to participate in the Ming Dynasty examinations.

The Ming scholars who lived in North Korea could also take the township test in North Korea, and the meritorious service they obtained was treated equally in the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, those who won the rank of scholar could not only be officials in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, but also return to Korea as officials.

The scholars living in the Ryukyus, whether they are Ryukyu natives or expatriates of the Ming Dynasty, can participate in the township examination in Zhejiang as Xiucai after being recommended by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty in Ryukyu.

Among them, those who pass the township examination can participate in the Ming Dynasty examination in the spring of the following year as a son of Zhejiang and be included in the South List.

In addition, Burmese scholars, whether Burmese, Shan, Mon, or scholars living in Myanmar or Burma, can participate in the Yunnan Provincial Examination (the admitted person is a Xiucai that is, a student), the township examination (the admitted person is a lifter), and after the township examination, they are also awarded as a Yunnan Juzi, or participate in the Ming Dynasty examination.

Under the rule of the Mo family, the Annan and Northern Dynasties could hold their own college examinations in Gaoping Province, which is now under their jurisdiction, and they could admit Xiucai on their own, and then participate in the township examination in Guangxi.

At the same time, after two consecutive years of petitions by the Governor's Office of Fujian and Zhejiang, this time, the students on Dongfan Island were also included in the township examination in Fujian.

As for the college examination on Dongfan Island, that is, the examination for admitting talented students, the deputy envoy of Fujian Province will go to Dongfan to take a separate examination every three years.

Although these scholars from remote border areas were included in the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, it was not only not a problem for the scholars of the original two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, but also meant some new opportunities.

For example, in Zhejiang and other places where the largest number of scholars, scholars who have been taking the exam for many years may not even be able to obtain the fame of a talented student, can now move to Ryukyu or Dongfan Island to reduce the fierce competition between scholars in Fujian, Zhejiang or Nanzhili.

The original two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty traced the nationality of the candidates for the examination very seriously, mainly to avoid the endless problems of imperial examination immigration in the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, the Ministry of Rites has the same requirements for candidates' places of origin in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, but the restrictions on the newly established provinces in the border areas and vassal countries such as Korea and the Ryukyus have been completely relaxed.

The purpose is very simple, that is, to encourage the scholars of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty to immigrate to those areas.

Such an arrangement for the imperial examination system may not be effective in a short period of time, but after three or six years, it will definitely have an effect.

The enthusiasm of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty for the imperial examination system was unimaginable to later generations.

And such an arrangement will induce those who have repeatedly failed to pass the examination in the inland state capital of the Ming Dynasty to spontaneously immigrate to the newly established border provinces or regions of the imperial court, which is more useful than how many reclamation orders Emperor Chongzhen issued again.

Of course, at the Zhengdan court meeting of the Emperor's Pole Hall this time, Emperor Chongzhen not only announced to the world the relevant matters of the Spring Festival in late March of the fourth year of Chongzhen, and used the imperial examination system to attract scholars from all over the world, but also inevitably took out millions of silver yuan of real money again to reward the soldiers of Gyeonggi and the Nine Sides.

Among them were 8,000 people from the Sanwei Army guarding the Forbidden City, 12,000 people from the Shenji Battalion guarding the Imperial City, and 60,000 soldiers of the Guards guarding the land of Gyeonggi, as well as the 400,000 soldiers from the Nine Frontiers.

More than a year ago, the first and second towns of the Guards Army, which had gone through several major battles in the Xuanda area outside Juyong Pass and Juyong Pass, each lost thousands of soldiers.

Among them, the first town suffered less losses in Juyong Pass and outside Juyong Pass, totaling more than 2,000 people.

The second town lost a lot on the Bauhinia Pass, and after leaving the Bauhinia Pass, it was besieged by the Zhenglan Banner army of Mang Gurtai on the bank of the Sanggan River, and the losses were relatively large, almost half of the losses were lost, and finally the number was more than 6,000.

The first and second towns of the Guards are the first and second new armies that Emperor Chongzhen has spent a lot of energy and financial resources to train now, and they have always been regarded as one of his core forces.

Therefore, after suffering such losses, the first and second towns of the Guards were successively withdrawn to their respective stations for rest and replenishment in the three years of Yu Chongzhen.

On the one hand, Emperor Chongzhen needed them to be stationed in the north and south of Jingshi, to play a role in stabilizing Gyeonggi and deterring the court, and to back up a series of reforms in Chongzhen's three years.

On the other hand, it was also the losses of the Guards in these two towns that needed to be replenished as soon as possible.

Ma Shilong, the Governor of the Conservative Army, who was born as the commander of the first town of the Guards, and Wang Fu, the Governor of the Reserve Army, who was born as the commander of the second town of the Guards, and Wang Fu, the Governor of the Reserve Army, who was born as the commander of the second town of the Guards, also gave priority to the recruits trained in the training camp of the Zhuozhou New Army to the first and second towns of the Guards Army after the new officials took office.

Something like this, there is no need for Emperor Chongzhen to send a decree to guide him, Ma Shilong and Wang Fu will do it vigorously.

In October of the third year of Chongzhen, the first town of the Guards stationed in Tongzhou, especially the second town of the Guards stationed in Baoding, which suffered a large loss, once again achieved full staff, and re-met the requirements of the "Regulations on the Establishment of the Imperial Guards", that is, the number of generals and soldiers was 15,000.

The fierce battles between the first and second towns of the Guards and Jianyu, as well as their respective losses in the war, gave Ma Shilong and Wang Fu a further understanding of the new army of the Guards, which was a mixture of hot and cold weapons.

Originally, it was presided over by Ma Shilong to compile the "Regulations on the Establishment of the Imperial Guards", and after he became the governor of the Guards Governor's Office, he reported to Emperor Chongzhen as soon as possible and made substantial revisions.

Among them, the number of non-commissioned officers in each standard, battalion, team, and outpost, the number of war horses and pack horses, the number of muskets, the number of artillery pieces, the number of baggage vehicles, the number of officers and officers, and the number of staff officers and instructors should all be clearly defined.

Chongzhen's front-loading flintlock smoothbore gun, after three years of combat, has withstood the test, and has also won the trust of the generals of the Guards Towns.

As a result, in the newly revised regulations on the establishment of the Guards, the number of lightly armed musketeers increased dramatically, the number of swords and shields who were slow in iron armor was greatly reduced, and the position of pikemen who defended against cavalry charges in the field remained largely unchanged.

As for the archers who existed in the original structure of the Guard, they were completely eliminated, and their original formation was trained and reorganized into a new class of troops, the Grenadier.