The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty who went out of the country, as well as the soldiers and horses who were about to carry out the expedition, maintenance, inspection, vigilance, and protection of the country, were all under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office.

Under the conquest of the Governor's Mansion, it is the Listening Military Department and the subordinate Governor and the Economic Strategy Mansion.

In fact, it did not weaken the powers of the civilian officials of the Ministry of War, but clearly divided the responsibilities. Zhu Youxiao's purpose was to cut off one hand of the cabinet's intervention in the military, and the other hand of the cabinet was still in control of the military department.

The military authority of the Ministry of War is clearly within the territory of the country and is still under the jurisdiction of civilian officials. Outside the country, how can there be a literati of the Ming Dynasty outside? Of course, we can't continue to compromise with the literati and listen to them.

However, with the British Minister Zhang Weixian serving as a cabinet adviser, the power of the Ministry of War is no longer a situation in which all civilian officials have the final say. In short, Zhu Youxiao's two appointments not only improved the status of military generals, but also weakened the share of civilian control over military power.

Therefore, the army that went out of the country to conquest, below the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty, must first listen to the general order of the governor's office, instead of being restrained by civilian officials, which also improves the decision-making rights of military generals, and at the same time reduces the possibility of military generals delaying fighters due to civilian interference.

Zhu Youxiao's move is indeed very clever, Wang Hongyu's authority is also limited to foreign wars, he can't intervene internally, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't let him interfere, lest Wang Hongyu stretch out his hands everywhere, and in the end, the tail will not fall.

Wang Hongyu still retained the position of the five southwestern provinces, and increased the position of the governor of the left army of the Ming Dynasty, which was the first general to obtain the highest position in the opening of the governor's office.

With regard to the rewards for meritorious soldiers in the campaign to liberate Baodao, the Ministry of War and the Cabinet carried out a great deal of verification and evidence collection, and the results proved that the meritorious service book reported by Wang Hongyu was basically true.

The promotion of generals has been determined, these generals are step by step from the grassroots to work hard to come up, including many Confucian generals, as a martial artist Wang Hongyu did not suppress the promotion of Confucian generals, but appreciated the talents of both civil and military.

Xiong Tingbi is Wang Hongyu's most favored commander of both civil and military affairs, and of course Xiong Tingbi's civilian status is also very high.

Although the generals don't care much about material rewards, the generals of the Ming Dynasty are very poor, their salaries are not high, and there will be no rewards when there is no war, which also leads to many generals eating empty salaries and deducting the salaries of soldiers.

Therefore, it is imperative to raise the remuneration of military generals, increase training funds, and implement a reward system for strengthening the army. For peacetime training, we will improve the food treatment, conduct various skill competitions, increase rewards, and improve the army's clothing and armor.

Wang Hongyu's plan for the conquest of Annan and Donghu was very detailed, and in order to make it easy to carry, it was written in small block letters with charcoal, which was smaller than the usual letters.

Why is the letter small, this is a reason, in the past the transportation was inconvenient, sending mail letters are charged according to distance and weight, decades ago our country also used registered mail, this is the reason, even the current express delivery is charged by weight.

In the past, there was a saying that said: If you don't carry a book for a thousand miles, you can't write if you carry a book.

It was because the paper was written with a brush and the weight was increased, so the letters of the last time should be written as small as possible, and the content should be as brief as possible.

The simple discourse of classical Chinese and later telegraphs was designed to reduce costs.

Nowadays, there are also ways for carrier pigeons to deliver short secret letters, and the content of the letters is also concise and to the point.

Wang Hongyu had already made material preparations and transportation construction before the conquest of Annam and Donghu.

A lot of development achievements in the southwest and a large number of materials produced were transported to the Malay Peninsula, and they have not been transported to Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian, just to accumulate and wait for the next Southeast Asian war.

Now that the supplies and transportation are in place, it is just waiting for the soldiers and horses to be in place.

It was planned that the New Army in the southwest would be the main force, and the Guangxi and Guangdong Yunnan armies would cooperate with the Shennong Army still in Nanyang to attack Annan and Donghu in the north and south.

The Southwest New Army is expected to arrive in Guangxi in three months, and it will take another three months to prepare for war, and then it will be ready to fight.

Wang Hongyu planned to attack Annan first, and fighting Annan was inseparable from the navy and warships, and of course, in the end, the army mainly fought operations. The last time they fought in Malacca, the Netherlands, the Wa Kingdom, and the Johor coalition army were the Guangdong Navy, Guangxi, Guangdong Battalion Army, and Tuntian Army, and the main force was the Shennong Army.

This involves military supplies, and the most important thing in Annan is rice, and there is no need to bring more military rations.

Then eat more meat and fruits, and the southwest now raises pigs, chickens, and fruits in factories. The damp heat in the southwest was extremely exertionious, and the enemy's soldiers could only eat rice, while Wang Hongyu's soldiers ate rice, meat, seafood, as well as abundant vegetables and fruits grown on a large scale.

Guangxi, Yunnan and Annam are bordered, and the climate of Guangdong is not much different from Annam, but the problem of dysentery should also be considered, where there is more rain, humidity, and many mosquitoes, and Artemisia annua needs to be brought more.

Tea is a necessity for navigation, and the purchase of tea is also within Wang Hongyu's plan, and the drugs for mosquito control are indispensable, and mosquito nets and cleaning utensils must be fully equipped.

A few years ago, Wang Hongyu moved the Tusi from Yunnan and Annan to Shuixi, Guizhou, and arranged many Tuntian troops in the same place, and the food, armament, and roads were already in place.

The Mu family in Yunnan received an order from the Emperor of the Apocalypse forwarded by Wang Hongyu a few years ago, and in the past few years, the soldiers have made full preparations, and the Han women and Miao women on the border have also been cleared.

Yunnan's Tuntian Army and the battalion soldiers were strong, and they never slackened their training for several years, and they were fully equipped with guns, bows and crossbows, and they also equipped a large number of small two-wheeled hand-wheeled shield carts invented by Wang Hongyu, which were specially designed for mountain warfare.

The southern front of the conquest of Donghu requires landing operations from the Malay Peninsula or from the southern sea area of Donghu, and the northern part of the conquest from Yunnan to the mountains and the south of the Lingnan Expedition, and the conquest of Donghu requires the allocation of drugs for the prevention and treatment of miasma in advance, and the northern front is only suitable for the battalions and Tuntian troops in southern Yunnan to participate in the war.

The Mu family wanted to participate in the war as the main force, the Southwest New Army and the Shennong Army participated in the war as the main force on the southern front, and the Nanyang Navy and Army participated in the war with the main force.

Wang Hongyu was sending merchants into the southern and central parts of Donghu to investigate, the original Tusi in the north had more contacts with Donghu, and there were ready-made detailed maps of geography and landforms, and the customs and customs were similar to those of the ethnic minorities in Yunnan, as well as the support of the opposition to Donghu's rule.

The plans for the requisition of Annan and Donghu were discussed by the Cabinet. Supporters and opponents quarreled fiercely, but they united all the forces that could be united.

Because Annam is also known as Jiaozhi, and Donghu was once the land of China, most people agreed to conquer Jiaozhi and Donghu.

In the end, the minority obeyed the majority and adopted Wang Hongyu's battle plan, and made a lot of additions, restoring the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Division and the Donghu Propaganda and Consolation Division as planned.