Qin Liangyu is the only female general in Chinese history who was awarded the title of marquis for her military exploits. From the 27th year of Wanli to the pacification of the Banzhou Rebellion, to the present full 45 years, during which he has experienced great changes in his life such as the loss of his husband and his son, and he is still resisting thieves and defending the land at the age of 70. After learning that the emperor was there, she immediately led her troops to serve the king, and she was fiercely loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

The white pole soldiers trained by him have won great feats in the battles of Pingbo, Pingluxury, Liao, Anti-Qing, Qinwang, and Banditry, and are worthy of the name of the world's strongest army.

As the only remaining celebrity, Qin Liangyu's treatment is naturally very high. Zhu Cihong didn't dare to let the seventy-one-year-old veteran enter the battle formation again, but he couldn't leave it idle, otherwise it would give people the illusion that he didn't need to be an old general. Thinking about it this way, the position of the General Training Department is not bad.

First of all, in terms of rank, the four headquarters of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion are all hung with the title of Governor, which is consistent with Qin Liangyu's former official. Because Qin Liangyu's military exploits are outstanding, his qualifications are outstanding, and he has been awarded the rank of general, ranking above the generals, no one dares to disagree.

In this era, loyalty and sacrifice are still the mainstream thoughts, even if the people's hearts are weak, and some people even think that Zhu Ming has lost his heavenly favor, but no one dares to deny this mainstream thought. Let Qin Liangyu, the moral benchmark, as the ideological leader of the soldiers, indeed be much stronger than the eunuch. What's more, Qin Liangyu's husband Ma Qiancheng was framed by eunuchs and died unjustly in prison, and this appointment can be regarded as a spur to the discipline officer who was born as a lieutenant.

"The Grand Governor's Mansion will hold a ceremony to confer seals on the day after tomorrow." After Zhu Cihong announced, he signaled for the meeting to be adjourned.

The generals present soon got the news that this ceremony was not for Qin Liangyu alone, but to take advantage of Qin Liangyu's status in the mind of Emperor Chongzhen, to completely let the emperor recognize the military system of the East Palace, and all the generals who had received the rank of general should be on the altar to receive the seal.

This news was quickly confirmed by the Ministry of Rites.

No matter how difficult the conditions were, the ceremony presided over by the emperor himself could not be sloppy. All generals had to go to the Ministry of Rites to learn the etiquette of advance and retreat. The rehearsal can only be dispersed when there is no obstacle.

Zhu Cihong was most troubled by this kind of religious ceremony-like ceremony, so he personally participated in the preparation of the investiture ceremony to ensure that this newly created ceremony was solemn, concise and generous.

Among them, "brevity" is the most important.

"Your Royal Highness," Wu Fu, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, naturally this matter is his task, "dare to ask: is to ascend to the altar in accordance with the order of military ranks." Or is it according to the title? ”

Zhu Cihong stopped what he was doing: "Titles will be awarded in order of military rank." ”

"Is that the four headquarters in front, or the town chiefs in front?"

"The four headquarters are in front."

"Is the feast a nine-piece or a five-piece piece? Is it based on Hongwu's repertoire or Yongle repertoire? After the title of worshipper, do you want to join the big reading, and after the ceremony, do you play the "Song of Wucheng" or change it to "The Song of the Yonghuang Tu"? Wu Lianzhu asked.

These are all issues that cannot be debated by the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and no matter which one is used, there are people who can criticize them for various reasons. Zhu Cihong has indeed worked the imperial code, but he has really not set foot in the high-end field of etiquette.

He has lived in the palace for fifteen years, and he still has never recognized all the songs and dances played during meals every day.

"This. It's all up to Mr. Wu to decide. Zhu Cihong said: "I absolutely support Mr. Well, then, I'll go to the Governor's Mansion for a meeting first, and take care of yourself, sir. ”

Wu Fu still has to speak, and Zhu Cihong has already changed his clothes under the banner of Haha.

Now, although the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has been changed to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the post of Metropolitan Governor has not been clearly established. This position is too important and must have a great prestige in the army. Zhu Cihong himself has this ability, but he is afraid that once he takes up this position. According to tradition, in the future, the governor of the capital can only be held by the prince.

Zhu Cihong was not happy to see such an important military position become a vase decoration. It may even be vacant for a long time. can only be the actual head of the house without hanging the title.

The agenda of today's meeting of the Metropolitan Governor's Office was to determine the strategic implementation plan for the winter offensive.

"Although our army's purpose is to recover one place and consolidate one place, this winter offensive is really a fire in the fire, and the so-called can not be repeated. If we insist on consolidation, I am afraid that it will be even more troublesome for many places to recover in the future. "You Shiwei and other veterans of the Ming army. I don't want to see the troops enough to sweep, but I give up because the administration can't keep up.

In their opinion, it is obvious that recovering the lost territory first and then slowly rectifying it will obviously be better and faster to calm the world. And yet they don't realize it. The measures proposed by Zhu Cihong to consolidate the localities are not simply to stabilize local law and order, but to take the opportunity of restoration, screening, and rectification to tear down old buildings and establish a new order.

This kind of work can be easily accomplished by the strength of the army, and if the opportunity is missed, it will take several times the effort to make administrative changes.

But......

Zhu Cihong looked at the emperor in front of him, and he was quite hesitant in his heart. Judging from the battle reports in Shanxi, Niu Chenghu and Zuo Guangxian completely held the southeast of Jin and the Taihang Road, and the Qing army was completely unable to move south. Judging from the northern front, the Qing army did retreat on the front line of Baoding and Tianjin, and occasional attempts to go south would also be met head-on.

The whole of Henan is in the hands of the bandits, and it is more likely that it will be passed on.

If you really don't care about rushing forward, whether it is Li Zicheng or Zuo Liangyu, you can always solve one.

"Those who achieve great things still can't be tempted by small profits!" Zhu Cihong finally made up his mind: "The winter offensive is still based on the established goal, and the west reaches Tongguan." Southwest captured Jingmen and Suizhou. Xiangyang must be captured before New Year's Day. Today, the main thing is to arrange logistics and equipment. ”

After Wang Shiqin became the Zuo Governor of the General Armament Department, Li Changling also found an opportunity to become the Zuo Governor of the General Logistics Department to transfer grain and grass for the army governor.

This veteran is over sixty years old, although he has the intention to kill the thief, Zhu Cihong is reluctant to let him go into battle again. Between the lecture hall and the logistics department, he finally chose the logistics department, because there are a lot of civilian men and auxiliaries under the logistics department, which can still make him feel that he is still the general who leads the troops.

"The minister has collected wheelbarrows in Shandong and sent them to Henan for military supplies." Li Changling said: "Now is the time of agricultural slack, and our army has enough people to requisition and transport grain. ”

Wang Shiqin also reported on the various types of gunpowder, flintlock torches and artillery that had been collected and mixed in the past few months.

Among them, artillery is the most important, before the appearance of Mini shells, the range of the gun was only 100 paces away, that is, 160 meters. If you talk about the distance of armor piercing, it is only seventy steps. Under this range limit, artillery that can hit up to 500 meters away is naturally the protagonist of the battlefield.

The bottleneck that limits the massive use of artillery is primarily the cost of manufacturing.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Xu Guangqi entrusted a friend to buy 3,600 catties of red-coated cannons from Macao, each priced at 1,000 taels of silver. However, according to two cents of silver and one pound of good iron, five thousand catties of iron is only one hundred taels, plus added value such as labor and jishu, the cost of this cannon is about the same as three hundred taels.

Is it the Portuguese who are sinister?

Not really. This price is definitely a testament to the sincerity of the Jesuits to the Great Ming.

The fact is that the scrap rate of the clay fan cannon is too high.

In Europe, if the pass rate reaches 2 or 30 percent at a time, it is enough to be called a master of cannon casting. Therefore, the price of guns sold by the British is generally five times the cost.

Donggong Artillery Factory has a great advantage in this regard. With the current use of iron molds and internal coolant in the artillery factory, the one-time pass rate has reached 90 percent, and if the internal water cooling can be further standardized, the pass rate will be higher, so the cost of artillery is basically only two materials and labor.

Moreover, the East Palace did not cast heavy artillery with limited mobility, but a four-pounder cannon based on Type 17 and Type 17, with a weight of around 1,000 catties. The cost of this kind of artillery is estimated to be only fifty taels, which can be described as inexpensive.

Wang Shiqin said: "Yiqi changes the use of a large number of iron copper cores, the performance is far better than the Yiqi type, but the weight is lighter, but the copper reserves are insufficient. Moreover, since the forging of guns with water, the output of firearms has increased greatly, but the supply of Suzhou steel has gradually become inadequate. ”

China's iron ore is rich in impurities such as sulfur and phosphorus. This time, the iron ore dug up from Changzhi is all pyrite, and the high-quality iron ore mining in Shandong can only flow for a long time because of the limited Jishu. This kind of jishu problem can't be solved by Zhu Cihong, and he can't even figure out whether the steel is charcoal or decarbonized.

"Expand the scale of the iron works." Zhu Cihong used the stupidest and most effective method.

"Also, let the sailor buy copper from Japan." Zhu Cihong said: "Even if it is expensive, you can only admit it, and you must not stop making artillery!" (To be continued......)

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