In early summer, the weather has warmed up, and the vegetation is becoming green.

Zhu Youxiao's life is still self-improvement and unbelief. insisted on practicing martial arts every day, and began to run frequently to the martial arts hall and the barracks.

The scale of the lecture hall has expanded many times. And gradually began to develop into an increasingly regular 'modern' military academy under the auspices of Zhu Youxiao.

The lecture hall is officially divided into seven disciplines: 'Infantry Section', 'Cavalry Section', 'Artillery Section', 'Engineer Section', 'Reconnaissance Section', 'Logistics Section', and 'Technical Section'.

On this day, the day of the end of the 'advanced study class' of the lecture hall, Zhu Youxiao came to the lecture hall on the edge of the imperial city again and personally issued the 'letters of appointment' to these graduated grassroots officers.

In a solemn atmosphere, Colonel Zhu Youxiao personally handed over the neatly folded officer uniforms and the letters of appointment to these grassroots officers.

"Thank you, the emperor." One by one, the grassroots officers stepped forward, bowed deeply to Zhu Youxiao, and then respectfully accepted the military uniform. From this moment on, they are no longer big-headed soldiers, but military attachés with ranks. The platoon commander has nine ranks, the company commander has eight ranks, the battalion commander has seven ranks, the regiment commander has six ranks, the brigade commander has five ranks, and the division commander has four ranks.

Military salaries also increased with grades.

After obtaining the rank, they became professional officers, and they lived their lives. There is no need for the monarch to be righteous or not, at this moment, they already have common interests with Zhu Youxiao and have become a common interest collective.

But all the division level will receive a part of the Royal Bank's share dividends, which is not too much, but there are thousands of silver dollars in a year. If Royal Bank and its holding companies and joint ventures make more money, the more dividends they will receive.

In this way, a military interest group was woven by Zhu Youxiao.

This is a short-term refresher course offered by the Lecture Hall. Although not for long. But it was Zhu Youxiao who presided over it personally. This batch of graduated officers can all be regarded as 'protégés of the Son of Heaven'. Fortunately, these graduated grassroots officers have all learned to read pictures, and their cultural advantages have been shown.

Zhu Youxiao made specific standards for the drawing of the reconnaissance section, and the drawing of military maps became professional. These professional maps must be understood by every officer at all levels.

This group of grassroots officers can be regarded as officially taking office.

The reorganization of the 100,000 border army has also just completed two months of recruit training, and the queue and everything are almost trained. The next step is to finalize the formal establishment.

All kinds of co-ordination. Apparently it started again.

Zhu Youxiao naturally participated in the whole process, but Sun Chuanting was too busy. Zhu Youxiao's participation in the whole process does not mean that he does things in the whole process. Busy and bad, naturally the following is below. The hard work is tiring, and it is all done below.

"Four hoplite divisions, five regular infantry divisions, officers at all levels have been determined, please take a look at your majesty." Sun Chuanting handed the list to Zhu Youxiao, who read it carefully, and then passed.

"Aiqing has worked hard." Zhu Youxiao said to Sun Chuanting with a smile. Sun Chuanting worked hard and said: "This is the duty of a minister." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded. Didn't say much. But what leaders like the most is such subordinates who are willing to do things and can do things! What kind of people are subordinates, leaders naturally look at them.

The establishment of the nine infantry divisions was finally determined, and after some distribution of the 100,000 border troops, their affiliation and arms were formally determined.

After two months of training, the 100,000 border troops no longer had any problems with their loyalty because of their higher salaries and continuous ideological education.

The nine infantry divisions trained this time are definitely elite divisions. Because the quality of these 100,000 soldiers is too high, almost all of them are the essence of each border town. Many of the soldiers were staggering in their strength.

These nine infantry divisions are destined to be more elite than the five infantry divisions in Beijing before.

The quality of the soldiers is excellent, plus the equipment that is armed to the teeth, as well as the best treatment, the harshest military law, and the combat experience is not very lacking. These border soldiers had a certain military quality before that. When they go to the battlefield, their psychological quality is absolutely passable.

The number was also set, from 06 to 14.

Zhu Youxiao watched these armies start from scratch and be quickly organized, and his mood was obviously the happiest at this moment.

"Damn, Lao Tzu finally has an army now." Zhu Youxiao is in a good mood, and now he has fourteen infantry divisions, no matter how natural and man-made the Ming Dynasty is, he can still fight his way out.

The fourteen infantry divisions he trained were not those rabble. Unlike other Ming armies, military attachés kept a group of family members. In other words, these 14 infantry divisions are all Zhu Youxiao's 'family members', which has put an end to the phenomenon of family members digging into the corners of the country in the army.

With such an army in hand, Zhu Youxiao can be said to be full of confidence, and finally he doesn't have to pretend to be a grandson anymore.

The military is the backbone of violent means, and it is also the cornerstone of support for reform. Reform is based on the idea that the redivision of interests and patterns will lead to contradictions with current vested interest groups, which may lead to violent conflicts. Now Zhu Youxiao is really not afraid, but for the sake of stability, he can't provoke conflicts indiscriminately.

But the meat that should be eaten cannot be let go.

After a few days of busy work, Zhu Youxiao immediately asked Shen Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, to check the situation of anti-smuggling. Shen Yu immediately asked Gao Bangzuo, the governor of Tianjin, Ye Xianggao, the governor of Caoyun, and Wei Zhongxian, the governor of the Taxation Bureau, to report the situation.

Soon, they each drafted a seal and handed it to the cabinet, and made a report on the progress of the anti-smuggling process. Then Shen Yu rode into the imperial city and reported the situation to Zhu Youxiao.

Horseback riding in the Imperial City was a privilege and likewise an obligation. The courtiers who were given this privilege had to surrender a horse. Historically, Wei Zhongxian rewarded this indifferent privilege with a big reward, and some officials were even rewarded once, then taken back, and then rewarded again. As a result, Wei Zhongxian really got a lot of horses, which temporarily alleviated the problem of lack of front-line horses.

At this time, the management of the imperial city, Zhu Youxiao was in his own hands. For this privilege, there is no such casual reward.

Shen Yu is one of the few courtiers who has obtained this privilege. With Shen Yan's income, he can afford one or two war horses. Because of scarcity, all makes people feel honored.

Shen Yu entered the Forbidden City all the way, and then dismounted and walked to the Heart Cultivation Palace, where Zhu Youxiao was handling some military affairs.

"Your Majesty, the anti-smuggling situation has been reported everywhere. After half a month of anti-smuggling, certain results have been achieved. In total, more than 3,000 smugglers were arrested, more than 300 people were killed, nearly 3 million catties of smuggled salt were seized, more than 300,000 yuan worth of smuggled goods worth tariffs were seized, more than 600,000 yuan worth of smuggled goods were seized from official ships, and a total of about 1 million yuan was recorded in the anti-smuggling accounts. ”

After reporting on the progress, Shen continued: "Although there has been some progress, smuggling is still rampant. The main problem is the lack of troops, and only one regiment of troops was dispatched to the anti-smuggling campaign, and there will not be much after the distribution. So that there are not many checkpoints, and those smugglers still have a chance to take advantage of it. Gao Bangzuo, the governor of Tianjin, said that the production of illicit salt in Tianjin's coastal areas is still continuing, and the smuggling method has changed from a large convoy at the beginning to a group of three or five people, or smuggling and trafficking alone. As a result, the target is smaller, and the inspection is more difficult, which can be described as the people's will is ironclad and difficult to shake. ”

"Huh! If the people's hearts are like iron, the official law is the furnace. No matter how hard the iron is, it will melt him. Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered: "Spread my will, and order the military department to immediately transfer the troops of two divisions to cooperate with the anti-smuggling." All smugglers who are arrested will be killed on the spot, and all arrested smugglers will be demoted to official slaves. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"The emperor is wise, and smuggling has been banned repeatedly, but it is a private speculator and a fluke mentality. As long as the investigation is strict and the punishment is unbearable, smuggling can be stopped. Shen Yun praised.

"How much excess fiscal surplus can be made this year depends on salt taxes and tariffs, as well as various commercial taxes, so I have to be careful!" Zhu Youxiao sighed.

After some budgeting, the estimated income for the whole year is put to use. What we want to do next, we have to have more revenue.

The people's hearts are like iron, and the official law is like a furnace. This sentence was not bluffing, and soon the military headquarters dispatched two infantry divisions to cooperate with the anti-smuggling activities.

Gao Bangzuo was very Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed when he received the cooperation of a large number of troops. Quickly put all these forces into anti-smuggling.

In addition to the fixed cards, a large number of 'patrol inspection teams' have been added this time to patrol everywhere on the avenues and trails of Beizhili. Each team numbered hundreds of men, and some were even equipped with infantry guns. Those one-pound cannons are very lightweight, and they obviously work very well for anti-smuggling.

There are levels everywhere, and it's like a 'net of heaven and earth'. The smugglers in the Tianjin area soon fell ill. Under such high-intensity inspections, most of those who engage in illegal salt trafficking in groups have fallen behind. And the smuggled salt dealers, who were trafficked in large convoys, were engaged in an ongoing armed conflict with Jingying.

Kill, kill.

It has almost become the main theme of anti-smuggling, once a large caravan with weapons is found, then don't think about it, it must be a smuggler of salt.

The imperial court had issued a ban on caravans from possessing controlled weapons in the territory of Beizhili. The only one who can hold weapons in Beizhili is the standard of Royal Capital Holdings, that is, the dart bureau, the ancient security escort company.

In order to deal with Jingying, these smugglers also made changes. On the one hand, it is to break the whole into parts, and on the other hand, it is to gather peers.

After gathering together, there are usually two or three hundred people. Among them, there are many martial artists with strong martial arts, and they are full of confidence. The situation was indeed as they expected, at the beginning, the government saw so many people as these smugglers of salt, and they didn't dare to do anything when they encountered them, so they could only accept a bribe and let them go.

But this time it's different, these smugglers are outnumbered, but so is the inspection team. Once they find this kind of illegal salt dealers who have gathered together, they will immediately ask for support, and at the same time send people to follow them, and it will not take long to surround and annihilate these illegal salt dealers. (To be continued......)