On October 25, Liu Yan's draft of the reward and the replies on the establishment of the Ming Prefecture, the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate were all sent to the city of Beijing.

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the General Staff Department, hurriedly convened the cabinet to discuss the matter, and everyone braved the cold wind of the early winter in Beijing to rush to the cabinet office, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw Chen Xinjia talking and laughing with Zheng Zhilong.

Shang Shu Tian Huixu of the Ministry of National Defense stepped forward with a smile and hugged his fists and said, "Oops! Zheng Shangshu just came back from the battlefield in Liaodong, and he came to deal with government affairs, he was really diligent, and my generation has to learn from Zheng Shangshu!! ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Tian Shangshu has promoted me, everyone is contributing to the Ming Dynasty, everyone is working hard, what is my rush?" ”

The rest of the people also came to salute, although Zheng Zhilong is the same as everyone is a cabinet minister, a minister, but this time he is the commander of the army to conquer Liaodong, participated in the battle to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he is also alone in commanding the sea route army of more than 10 or 200,000 troops to fight, just for this piece of military exploits, Zheng Zhilong will definitely be knighted.

Among the people present, only Xun Jingyun, the secretary of the equipment department, had the title of Earl Zhending. And Zheng Zhilong will be at least an earl in the future, and it is possible that the duke will be stronger, and this alone will already be stronger than most of the others, so at this time, Zheng Zhilong seems to have become the center of everyone, and he has been greeting for a while.

After a while, Chen Xinjia said with a smile: "Okay, since everyone has arrived, let's take a seat, we have a lot of topics to discuss today, and we have to hurry up to find Your Majesty Zhu Pi." ”

Everyone humbled each other, and then followed Chen Xinjia and Zheng Zhilong into the meeting hall.

Chen Xinjia, as the secretary of the General Staff, was the temporary candidate for presiding over the cabinet set by Liu Yan, so at this time he sat on the main seat, Zheng Zhilong, the secretary of the Admiralty, sat in the second position, and the rest of the people sat down in turn.

Tian Huixu, secretary of the Ministry of National Defense, Xun Jingyun, secretary of the Ministry of Equipment, Yue Ming, secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Zhao Min, secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Song Gongming, secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Wu Guojin, secretary of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, Wang Weizhen, secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Lei, secretary of the Ministry of Land, Shang Wenyuan, secretary of the Ministry of Crime, Bao Xuezhen, secretary of the Ministry of Health, Bai Wenyi, secretary of the Ministry of Public Prosecution, Mi Hao, secretary of the Ministry of Supervision, Huang Jin, secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Song Shiwen, secretary of the Ministry of Industry, sat down in turn.

Now that the new deal of the Ming Dynasty has been promoted, not only the new deal has flourished in various places, but the court has also been updated, and the cabinet has also been restructured.

At this time, the Ming Cabinet implemented the "Great Cabinet" system, and all the ministers were cabinet ministers, and no longer as before, the cabinet was only a matter of a few ministers, and when it came to major national events, it was only the emperor and a few ministers behind closed doors to discuss, without professionalism, brainstorming, discussion and trade-offs.

The "big cabinet" system implemented by Liu Yan can allow national affairs to be discussed more fully, so as to find more solutions, and can also prevent the occurrence of "powerful ministers" and "arbitrariness".

At this time, Chen Xinjia came up with the first topic, which was the reward strategy formulated by Liu Yan.

"This time, my royal division went to Liaodong, wiped out the Manchu Tartars in one fell swoop, and recovered the lost territory in Liaodong, which can be described as a celebration of the whole world, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers have also made great achievements. For this reason, the elder specially formulated a reward strategy, and ordered us to discuss and approve it as soon as possible, and distribute the rewards of meritorious soldiers in place, so as to calm the hearts of soldiers and set the hopes of the people in the world. ”

Tian Huixu, the secretary of the Ministry of National Defense, asked: "I don't know how this strategy of the elder Ge was decided?? ”

Chen Xinjia immediately handed the reward strategy to everyone for circulation, but due to confidentiality reasons, Chen Xinjia did not order anyone to copy it.

Everyone circulated it and was shocked.

According to the reward strategy drawn up by Liu Yan, the chief officers of the 16 national defense armies and the Beiyang Fleet were all awarded the title of county duke, and the deputy commanders of each national defense army were all awarded the title of marquis, and the general was awarded the title of earl.

In the future, after the establishment of the Ming Governors' Offices, the first governors of all the Governors will be appointed by the Chief Officers of the National Defense Forces. Of course, this is all a later story, according to Liu Yan's idea, he should wait until the end of the Korean War to be promoted, as a reward after the war.

In addition, Li Dingguo and Zheng Zhilong were crowned the Duke of Guo, and as for Liu Yan himself, the title is still the Duke of Lu, but the rank and martial arts are added to show honor.

The specific rewards are as follows,

The First Army of the National Defense Army: Chief Soldier Chen Xun was named the Duke of Anyang County, Deputy Chief Soldier Guo Mingxu was named Qinghai Marquis, Zhang Xun, General of the Left Battalion, was named Datongbo, and Shen Donglai, General of the Right Battalion, was named Pingliangbo;

The Second Army of the National Defense Forces: Chief Soldier Wang Yue was named Nanyang County Gong, Deputy General Soldier Kang Hui was named Bei Anhou, Left Battalion General Bai Hanyue was named Huai Qingbo, and Right Battalion General Liu Jing was named Wei Huibo;

The Third Army of the National Defense Army: Chief Soldier Zhang Yi was named the Duke of Hanoi County, Deputy Chief Soldier Shi Niuzhong was named Tianshui Hou, Jin Xuecheng, General of the Left Battalion, was named Qingyang Bo, and General Xu Haichu of the Right Battalion was named Fengxiangbo;

The Fourth Army of the National Defense Army: Chief Soldier Wang Bofeng Hedong County Gong, Deputy Chief Soldier Chen Yujing Feng Dongning Hou, Left Battalion General Wang Rao Feng Xiangyang Bo, Right Battalion Staff General Lu Ming Shi Feng Daming Bo;

The Fifth Army of the National Defense Forces: Chief Soldier Shen Tuo was named Bohai County Gong, Deputy General Soldier Guo Rong was named Yongning Hou, Left Battalion Staff General Teng Jianghe was named Bao Ningbo, and Right Battalion Staff General was moved to Kuizhou Bo;

The Sixth Army of the National Defense Army: Chief Soldier Miao Shao was named the Duke of Zhongshan County, Deputy General Soldier Lu Ying was named Yandonghou, Wu Xingzhou, General of the Left Battalion, was named Luzhou Bo, and General Bai Mingxun of the Right Battalion was named Anqingbo;

The Seventh Army of the National Defense Forces: Chief Officer Xu Ming was named Pingyuan County Gong, Deputy General Soldier Du Zhongming was named Le'anhou, Left Battalion Staff General Dong Yun Feng Long Anbo, Right Battalion Staff General Lu Yuan Feng Shunqing Bo;

The Eighth Army of the National Defense Force: Chief Soldier Qian Liang was named Shanyang County Gong, Deputy General Soldier Zhao Dong was named Guangming Hou, Left Battalion Staff General Liu Jingliang was named Jiujiang Bo, and Right Battalion Staff General Han Chonghui was named Yuezhou Bo;

The Ninth Army of the National Defense Forces: Chief Soldier Jia Hongyu was named the Duke of Dongping County, Deputy Chief Soldier Chen Mocheng was named Siye Hou, Left Battalion Staff General Wei Dong Feng Raozhou Bo, Right Battalion Staff General Qi Haiwei Feng Guangxin Bo;

The Tenth Army of the National Defense Army: Chief Soldier Zheng Yi was named the Duke of Yingchuan County, Deputy Chief Soldier Ge Cong was named Tianyu Hou, Chang Tianming, General of the Left Battalion, was named Fuzhou Bo, and General of the Right Battalion was Zong Yuan Feudal Ningbo;

The 11th Army of the National Defense Forces: Chief Soldier Han Qin Feng Jiangxia County Gong, Deputy Chief Soldier Qin Chenghu Feng Jinghai Hou, Left Battalion Staff General Wang Zhongyu Feng Songjiang Bo, Right Battalion Staff General Tao Yuhua Feng Huangzhou Bo;

The Twelfth Army of the National Defense Army: General Officer Wei Han was named Duke of Danyang County, Deputy General Soldier Bao Qiang was named Jingbian Marquis, General of the Left Battalion was named Huai Anbo of Baibeiguan, and General of the Right Battalion Cheng Zhiyu was named Bo of Yangzhou;

The 13th Army of the National Defense Army: Chief Soldier Shang Zili was named Lingling County Gong, Deputy General Soldier Jiang Zhaichun was named Qingye Hou, Left Battalion Staff General Dong Xin was named Yanzhou Bo, and Right Battalion Staff General Fan Ningyu was Feng Jiadingbo;

The 14th Army of the National Defense Forces: Chief Soldier Tian Zhen Beifeng Jincheng County Gong, Deputy General Jiang Yun Fengping Xihou, Left Battalion General Feng Tang Fengchen Zhoubo, Right Battalion General Fu Mingwu Feng Yuanzhou Bo;

The 15th Army of the National Defense Army: Zheng Chenggong, the chief officer, was named the Duke of Langya County, the deputy commander-in-chief Zheng Zhihu was named the Marquis of the Southeast, Zheng Zhibao, the general of the left battalion, was named Jinhuabo, and the general of the right battalion, Gan Hui, was named Taizhoubo;

The 16th Army of the National Defense Forces: Chief Soldier Chen Hui was named Duke of Wuling County, Deputy General Soldier Zheng Xing was named Pingnanhou, Zheng Hongkui, General of the Left Battalion, was named Tongrenbo, and General Zheng Ming of the Right Battalion was named Ningbo Bo;

Shi Daxuan, the chief officer of the Beiyang Fleet, was named the Duke of Beihai County, Shi Lang, the general of the first detachment, Zheng Zhipeng, the general of the second detachment, the general of Dengzhou, the general of the third detachment, Yang Geng, the general of the Qingzhou, the general of the fourth detachment, Zheng Cai, the general of the fourth detachment, and the general of the fifth detachment, Hong Xu, and Li Pingbo.

Li Dingguo was crowned and merged with the Duke of Guo, and Zheng Zhilong was crowned Duke of Qingguo.

Liu Yan is still the Duke of Lu Guo, but he was crowned from the first-rank martial arts rank Ronglu Doctor and from the first-rank martial arts Zhuguo.

For Liu Yan's strategy, most of the content is not opinionated, but for Liu Yan's reward, everyone thinks it is too light.

Even Wang Weizhen said directly: "The elder of the pavilion is loyal to the country, without the elder of the pavilion, the Ming Dynasty would not be today, so the title of the elder must be promoted!" ”

Everyone understands the meaning of these words, Liu Yan is already the prince of the country, and then he is the king, the Ming Dynasty only sealed the king with a different surname at the beginning of the founding of the country, such as the Mu Wangfu in Yunnan, and the founding generals such as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were posthumously crowned the king.

At this time, Wang Weizhen said this, and Chen Xinjia said: "The reason why the elder Ge arranged it this way must be that he is unwilling to go further in the title. Now that the court has just stabilized and is at the critical moment of revival, if the court and the court make waves again because of the elder's entry into the king's title, or even a misunderstanding between His Majesty and the elder, then we are doing a bad thing! ”

Wang Weizhen frowned slightly when he heard this, although he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he did not continue to insist on his opinion.

Subsequently, Liu Yan's reward strategy was approved by 16 members of the cabinet with 13 votes in favor and 3 abstentions.

After the strategy was passed, everyone present understood in their hearts that the imperial court canonized so many dukes, marquis and earls at one time, which means that the era of martial arts of the Ming Dynasty will be opened again, and the situation of the Ming Dynasty and even the national fortune will be profoundly affected in the future!

At the same time, the cabinet also deliberated and approved the promotion and reward of meritorious soldiers of the army, as well as the resolution on the compensation of casualties.

For example, Shen Wen, the 100 general of the Second Army of the National Defense Army, was promoted to 1,000 general because of his merits, and the military headquarters of the Fifth Army of the National Defense Army was also promoted to guerrilla general of the cavalry department directly under the military headquarters because of his merits.

"Good!"

After the matter of recovering the Liaodong reward was over, more than two hours had passed, and everyone in the cabinet hastily ate something and continued to deliberate.

Chen Xinjia said: "The next topic is the specific setting strategy of the Ming Governor's Mansion and the Metropolitan Protector's Mansion proposed by the elder. ”

According to Liu Yan's vision, the Ming Dynasty will be divided into the Eastern Governor's Office, the Southeast Governor's Office, the Southwest Governor's Office, and the Northwest Governor's Office.

Among them, the eastern prefectures include Liaodong, Beizhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan;

The southeastern prefectures include Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Huguang;

The Southwest Prefecture includes Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guangxi;

The Northwest Governorate includes Shaanxi, Gansu, and Hami.

At present, the Ming Dynasty already has two capital protectorates, namely the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate that includes the Monan grassland, and the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, which governs the hometown of the former Nuer Gandu Division.

At present, the Ministry of National Defense has officially appointed Xu Ming as the Protector of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate and Li Dingguo as the Protector of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate. Prefectures and counties were being established in accordance with the imperial court's statutes, and garrisons were being recruited.

The Ming Dynasty's Metropolitan Protectorate and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion belong to the same level, and the garrisons of each province are all under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Metropolitan Protectorate, but the right to transfer is in the Ministry of Defense, the right to supply equipment is in the Equipment Department, and the right to distribute money and grain is in the Ministry of Finance, which can be regarded as a separation of powers.

At the same time, in the future, the 16 national defense armies will also be stationed in each of the prefectures and governors' mansions, so that the future can be regarded as stable as Mount Tai.

"However, now that the candidates for the governors of the governors of each prefecture have not been decided, the pavilion elder also means not to determine the people for the time being, and to build the structure of the governor's mansions first."

Chen Xinjia said: "In addition, the armies have encircled and suppressed the remnants of the Manchus and Mongols several times in the steppe and Nuer Gandusi, but to be honest, it is impossible to kill all the Hu people. If the frontier could be stabilized by killing alone, then the strong Han Sheng Tang would have completely occupied the periphery of China long ago. ”

"Therefore, at present, the elder has ordered all departments of the National Defense Force to stop the encirclement and suppression of the Hu people, and turn to the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate and the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate to implement the Chinese language, as long as the Hu people can speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, wear Hanfu, and perform Han rituals, then even if they are naturalized Hu people, not only will they not have to worry about their lives, but they can also get the same treatment as the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Chen Xinjia admired Liu Yan's strategy very much, and said: "Ge Lao's move is the long-term vision and the real way of Anbang!" ”

It's just that Tian Huixu frowned slightly and asked, "Are the Manchus and Mongols also among them?" ”

"In!"

Chen Xinjia said: "It's just that after all, the hands of the Manchus and the Mongols are stained with the blood of the soldiers and civilians of our country, so the elder set the rule: in addition to the above conditions, the Manchus and Mongols must also serve ten years in prison and work as laborers for the construction sites of the imperial court in various places, and they can only be free after ten years." ”

"As long as it is Manchu and Mongol, whether it is a man or a woman, old or young, this is the case!"

When everyone heard this condition, their hearts were a little more comfortable.

The number of Manchus and Mongols today is not much, and most of them are old and weak women and children, and they really have to work hard for ten years, and it is unknown how many people will survive by then, which can be regarded as retribution for these Hu people!

"Good!"

Chen Xinjia then said: "There is another topic on today's agenda, that is, the Korean war!" ”

(End of chapter)