In the autumn of this year, on August 23, Zhu Youxiao officially crowned his fifth brother Zhu Youzhen as the king of letters, and sent the British public Zhang Weixian to hold the festival, and the first assistant of the cabinet, Shen Yun, to hold the book, and hundreds of officials saluted outside the emperor's gate.

Zhu Youzhen is already twelve years old, and he has indeed reached the age of the king, but the fief has not been decided, and the princes of the Ming Dynasty are the first king, and then go to the fief to become a vassal after marriage. On the second day after Zhu Youzhen was named King of Letters, Zhu Youxiao sent him to live in the Ten Princes' Mansion outside the imperial city.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was a Xibei goods, so he didn't have much affection for this younger brother. But it may be out of guilt, or a weak heart, so Zhu Youxiao chose to treat this younger brother materially, after Zhu Youzhen moved to live in the Ten Princes' Mansion, Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to send 50,000 yuan to King Xin as pocket money.

sent this younger brother out of the Forbidden City, Zhu Youxiao felt much more at ease, and I also wished him peace of mind and happy life, so he didn't come to the troubled waters of politics in the late Ming Dynasty. When the situation is stable, find him a prosperous fiefdom, so as not to be suffocated in some small town.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had no worries about food and clothing, but in order to prevent the vassal kings from launching a coup d'état, these vassal kings could not leave the city where the fief was located for half a step after they became vassals.

Therefore, these vassal kings are equivalent to being in prison. At most, they can stand on the city wall and look at the wind, so many of the feudal kings who have been sealed to small places have been suffocated psychologically unhealthy, and even their personalities have been distorted. On the contrary, those vassal kings who have been sealed to more prosperous cities will be much more psychologically normal. After all, if a city is more prosperous, there are many ways to eat, drink, and play, and the city is also much bigger. There are plenty of places to wander. Naturally, the personality is much more normal.

At present, Zhu Youxiao naturally will not be stupid to change such a system. This kind of system of eating and waiting for is very good! How many hidden dangers of coup d'état have been eliminated!

After sending Zhu Youzhen out of the Forbidden City, Zhu Youxiao was much more relieved, and immediately began to grasp military actions in order to counterattack Liaodong as soon as possible.

The first is to create cavalry, the second is to create garrison brigades in the provinces, and the third is to form artillery units.

On the cavalry side, another 30,000 were formed, plus 6,000 cavalry formed in Liaodong, as well as the original two cavalry divisions. The number of troops will reach 42,000.

The cavalry division has been expanded, from the previous 3,000 people as a division, to 5,000 people as a division, 42,000 cavalry will be formed into 8 cavalry divisions, the number from 015 ~ 023 division. At the same time, 4 divisions were formed as an army, forming the 'Tengxiang Cavalry Army' and the 'Wuxiang Cavalry Army', Li Wei and Wang Guoxiong were promoted to army commanders, and the remaining 2,000 cavalry were corps-level establishments. As long as the two cavalry armies are formed, the Ming will once again have a powerful cavalry force.

The garrison brigade was designed to suppress the internal rebellion, and the plan was negotiated by the High Command. That is, in the six provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Sichuan, a garrison mixed brigade was set up.

Garrison mixed brigades. It is a mixed local garrison, mainly used to suppress local rebellions. Each brigade has about 5,000 soldiers, about 4,000 infantry, about 1,000 cavalry, and is equipped with several infantry guns. With such a combination of troops, sophisticated equipment, and rigorous training, there is no problem in suppressing local rebellions.

"Your Majesty, this is the conscription plan this time, the conscription quota is 65,000, and the conscription system is still adopted, with priority to recruiting from border towns, and another batch from the provinces." Sun Chuanting reported. Zhu Youxiao took the plan and read it, and then said: "We will recruit troops according to this plan, but we can recruit more soldiers from Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, and each division must arrange some soldiers from different provinces to enhance friendship." ”

"Obey." Sun Chuanting commanded.

It is certain that this conscription is mainly recruited from the border army, after all, hundreds of thousands of border troops are like a time bomb, first absorb the essence of it and then reorganize, and then talk about it, and the remaining unqualified soldiers will be arranged for them to officially change jobs in the future. However, it is not enough to have only soldiers from the north in the army, and it is also necessary to have a group of soldiers from the southern provinces, so that the soldiers of the northern and southern provinces can understand each other and develop friendship, so that the antagonism between the north and the south will not be brought into the army.

The antagonism and hatred between the North and the South is the most stupid act, and this difference between the North and the South in China is actually the best complement to each other, and if China wants to become a real power, it cannot do without either side.

Moreover, the southern soldiers fought in the north, and their combat effectiveness was still very good. Just like during the Korean War, a lot of Liaodong soldiers ran away, and there were few southern soldiers who ran away because they were too far away from home, and at the same time, the Qijia army was also dominated by southern soldiers.

Sun Chuanting then continued to report: "The plan for the formation of the artillery unit is to set up five artillery regiments, the artillery battalion that was previously equipped with heavy ten-pound guns will be reorganized into the 'strategic artillery regiment', and four more artillery regiments will be formed, which will be equipped with the new ten-pound guns developed by the Royal Military Factory, and each regiment will be equipped with 72 field guns. ”

"Just follow this plan." Zhu Youxiao approved this plan for the formation of artillery. There are two versions of the ten-pound gun developed by the Royal Military Factory.

One is the 1,500-kilogram ten-kilogram cannon that was put into use before the suppression of the Wenxiang Sect rebellion, with an effective firing range of 3 kilometers. This kind of ten-pound cannon with a huge weight is obviously not suitable for use as a field artillery, but it is a very good choice for siege, so a strategic artillery regiment will be formed to be responsible for attacking the city.

The newly developed ten-pound gun, weighing 466 pounds and having an effective firing range of 900 meters, is obviously very suitable as a field artillery. Mounted on a four-wheeled vehicle, it can be quickly transferred on the battlefield.

At the same time, the field artillery regiment will also be equipped with a large number of horses, not only to tow artillery, but also to provide artillery with horses to ride, which can also be understood as 'mounted artillery', so as to achieve sufficient mobility on the battlefield to be able to keep up with the footsteps of the infantry and provide fire support for the infantry.

Beginning in the autumn of this year, the cavalry, artillery, and garrison mixed brigades of the Central Military Region have been vigorously formed, and it is expected that they will be able to form a certain combat strength in one year.

At the same time, the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Academy of Science and Technology also began to recruit students in large numbers.

The first to be formed was the garrison mixed brigade, which was formed directly from various infantry divisions and cavalry divisions, and the six garrison brigades were quickly dispatched to the designated provinces to carry out a key crackdown on local bandits and bandits. The infantry divisions sent by Zhu Youxiao were recalled to the Beijing Division one by one to continue training.

After some maneuvering, the Central Military Region will soon have 14 infantry divisions, 8 cavalry divisions, and 4 artillery regiments, and the strength will rise to 200,000. (To be continued......)

PS: I've drunk too much wine, and I'm not in a good state today, so it's still estimated that there is only one change, and I'll see if I can write it for a while.