On the third day of October in the third year of Yuanzhuo, the edict of the inner court flew out like snowflakes, none of the more than a dozen edicts passed the court discussion, completely from the holy judgment, its content was extensive, the meaning was far-reaching and greatly unexpected by the courtiers, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were shaken, the promulgation of the edict of more than a dozen edicts marked the beginning of the dictatorship of the Emperor Yuanzhuo:

The reform of the military system was initiated: the original military department was transformed into four major blocks: the General Staff Headquarters, the Logistics Headquarters, the Navy Department, and the War Department, which were unified under the leadership of the Military Aircraft Department; The Great Shimizu Division was renamed the Royal Navy, the original official titles were completely abolished, and a new official system was established as Marshal of the Navy (vacant, appointed in wartime), General (upper, middle, minor, quasi), Colonel (upper, middle, minor), Lieutenant (upper, middle, minor), sergeant (upper, middle, lower), private (first class, second class); The original four naval divisions of the Qing Dynasty were changed to four fleets; On the basis of the original two aviation schools in Shanghai and Tianjin, two aviation schools in Qingdao and Quanzhou were added, and from now on, all naval officers must be selected from among the graduates of the military academy, and the source of military cadets is sponsored by the Eight Banners and recruited from all over the country.

Army: The garrison and green battalion of the Eight Banners will not be changed for the time being, and the original firearms battalion will be expanded from the original 13,000 personnel to 100,000 troops, which will be divided into two years, the first year will be expanded to 40,000 troops, and the original 100,000 will be completed in the second year, and the required soldiers will be supplemented by the Fengtai battalion and the Xishan Jianrui battalion, and the firearms battalion will be renamed the Royal Army; From now on, the Army Military Academy and the Army Military Academy Preparatory Department will be established in Xiangshan, and all officers of the Royal Army must be selected from among the graduates of the military academy, and the military academy will recruit students from all over the country every year; Most of the students in the preparatory school are sponsored by Eight Banners, and the rest are recruited from all over the country; It is scheduled that by the end of Yuanzhuo's six years, three army academies will be set up one after another: Jinling Army School, Nanchang Army School, and Guangzhou Army School; Yuanzhuo's six-year martial arts were carried out as usual, and the victors were temporarily not awarded martial arts positions, and were transferred to military academies to study, and then no more martial arts subjects were set up. All officers are all graduates of military academies; It is planned that by the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, all the garrison troops and green battalions throughout the country will be reorganized into firearms units and merged into the Royal Army; The number of troops will be gradually reduced from the current 1.5 million to 800,000 regular troops, and the rest will be organized into local garrisons. This work was carried out by the commander-in-chief of the Military Aircraft Department, and was jointly carried out by the ministers of military aircraft, Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu, former firearms battalion commanders Wang Changtai, and deputy commanders Qi Haoran.

Diplomacy: Prince Cheng Yunzhi, the second elder brother promoted and coordinated the Ministry of Rites, and the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court were jointly responsible for the reception and negotiation of the barbarians who came to China, and ordered Xu Chao, the governor of Liangguang, to immediately send personnel to escort the British and Dutch envoys into Beijing to submit their credentials, and the itinerary of the envoys was planned by the Ministry of Rites and reported to the Military Aircraft Department for review.

Imperial examination: The six arts advocated by Confucius are now only three arts: ceremony, music, and calligraphy, which is very inappropriate. Therefore, since the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, compared with the addition of a number theory examination to show respect for the afterglow of Confucius, the edict issued three volumes of number theory to distribute the world, the required fees are allocated by the treasury and the emperor's treasury, and students from all over the country can get it for free.

This series of edicts smashed like a bombshell and made the officials of the six departments of the imperial court dizzy, but the really intriguing edict is: Prince Yong, who has long been sick at home and has not been to the court for nearly half a year, entered the palace to meet him, and the courtiers thought that the eighth master had fallen. The saint is preparing to take the fourth master under the knife, and for a while people are panicked, and there is no need to say much about getting close to the fourth master, even those courtiers who have nothing to do with Yun Zhen are afraid of being involved, and everyone is in danger.

"Mr. Cao. It's so laid-back. Dressed in a green coat and a small hat, Hongli quietly appeared in a study, looked at Cao Liangdong, who was lying on the rocking chair and munching melon seeds freely, and said with a smile.

"Big brother is very nervous. Cao Liangdong neither got up to greet him, nor did he stop the melon seeds that were eating vigorously. Lazily replied.

Hongli laughed, sat opposite Cao Liangdong, shook his fan and said: "I can't talk about nervousness, but there is a little worry, by the way, Ben Belle has promoted the third uncle according to Mr. 's wishes, and Huang Ama did let the second brother help the third uncle, but how did Mr. guess this." Furthermore, why did Ben Baylor have to come forward to protect the third uncle? ”

"It's hard to guess what's going on. Cao Liangdong put down a melon seed in his hand, smiled, sat up, glanced at Hongli and said: "Although the eldest brother is often on the emperor's side, he doesn't really know your earth emperor Amma, well, let's put it this way, the saint has been painstakingly laid out as early as when the dragon was diving. No effort was spared to straighten out the sailors. It is not for nothing that he also made a contribution to the expedition to the East. Although he has never seen the gunboats of Britain and the Netherlands, he has also heard those who have been going to sea all year round talk about this matter when he was traveling in the world, and he thought that the Shengshang's layout for many years should be to deal with these two countries, as for the second elder brother, hehe, since he was the prince of the world, and often served the emperor, the second elder brother must know all about what the saint is planning, and he does not go to assist the third master, is it possible that you go? ”

"Oh?" Hongli frowned and said, "It's just that Mr. Why ......?"

Cao Liangdong lazily picked up a stack of newspapers on the few sons beside him, shook it and said: "The saint is so generous, one edict after another, I am afraid that the political situation will change, the saint has sorted out military affairs and foreign affairs, and is ready to start rectifying government affairs, otherwise he would not have summoned the fourth master to the palace at this time." ”

"This ......" Hongli was stunned for a moment and said: "This is too urgent, how can Huang Ama act in such a hurry, this is not like Huang Ama's style." ”

"Urgent? Hehe, there's no rush at all. Cao Liangdong smiled and said: "On the surface, it looks like everything is mixed and messy, but in fact, it's not, big brother, you still have to study these edicts and mansion newspapers, otherwise it will ......" Cao Liangdong stopped when he said this, shook his head and continued: "The military reform is actually a matter of course, without the stumbling block of the eighth master, and the saint has subdued the eight banners, no one can destroy this matter, and the military reform has the fourteenth master, Ma Qi, Zhang Tingyu and other important ministers, Even if there is some chaos, there will be no big waves, the military power of the Holy Land is already firmly in his hands, and no one can stop the trend of military system change, this saint doesn't need to worry about it at all, and the saint who has no worries wants to do something next. ”

Hongli is a smart person, and he can understand it at all, and he smiled and said: "Yes, if Huang Ama wants to fight, he must have money, and the military system reform needs money." It also takes money to fight a war, and Huang Amma's two-year covenant is to prepare for a big war, and this money is naturally a big deal, so in this way, the fourth uncle who has been in charge of the household department for a long time is a candidate for rectifying government affairs, but Huang Ama has to use and defend against the fourth uncle, and the candidate for this defense is me, and the second one has been sent by the foreign minister. Then this government affairs envoy should naturally balance it, haha, Mr. Cao is so calculating! ”

"Don't be busy rejoicing just yet. Cao Liangdong glanced at Hongli and said: "A certain calculation can't be hidden from the saint, although the saint doesn't say it, in fact, I am afraid that he has already known it, but this opportunity will be given to the eldest brother even if he is reluctant, but if the eldest brother messes up." So ......"

"Well, what Mr. said is very true, and Ben Belle also knows that this move is not easy, and on the one hand, the fourth uncle is not so easy to deal with. Both, the bureaucrats are not so easy to follow, these masters are clear, but they have that share of the official file in hand. It doesn't necessarily mean that things won't work out all the time. As long as I can do the government affairs, I can get a tie with the second child, and as for the future, I will talk about it in the future. It's just that when will Huang Ama start this matter, and furthermore, what aspect Huang Ama will start from has to be analyzed in detail, Ben Baylor thinks that it should be easier to reform the currency value, what does Mr. think? ”

"Well, it stands to reason that it should be. But not necessarily, it depends on what the saint thinks, or let's see and then talk about it, the preparations that should be done Brother may as much as possible to do it first, so as not to be in a hurry when you get it. Cao Liangdong replied with a smile.

"Well, for the time being, it's getting late, and it's time for Ben Baylor to go back to the palace. If you let Huang Ama know. It's not a good thing. Hongli laughed and closed the fan with a shake of his hand. Wandering out of the door, leaving without mentioning it, Cao Liangdong looked at Hongli's tall back and fell into deep thought......

October golden autumn, the scenery is very beautiful, but the weather is a little cold, received the promotion of the holy decree early in the morning out of the palace, to the Ministry of Rites and Prince Cheng to discuss how to start the reception, this talk talked about the noon, lunch is used in the Ministry of Rites, until the end of the matter will be settled, originally rushed back to the palace, but halfway, carry forward and change their minds, let the eunuchs turn, to the Minister of Military Aircraft Lin Xuanyi outside the mansion.

It was a cold day, Lin Xuanyi's back pain was good and bad, and he had not been in court for many days, and he was relieved to recuperate at home according to the holy decree, and he had nothing to do left and right, and he was at home with his old wife Sister Qiao to train his own children, but he was also happy, and he was assessing his sons' homework today, and suddenly heard the housekeeper report that the second elder brother was carrying forward the visit, and he was stunned when he was stunned, and he didn't speak for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "Open the middle door, and the official will go to greet him in person." ”

Outside the summer gate of the Lin Mansion, Hongyang, who was dressed in Baylor costume, stood there quietly, waiting to see Lin Xuanyi, who was out to greet him, walked a few steps, stepped forward, and saluted respectfully: "Sir, the student has taken the liberty of visiting and caused trouble to Mr. ”

"What the second elder brother said, come, please inside. Lin Xuanyi leaned to the side, not daring to accept the promotion salute, and politely stretched out his hand to ask for the promotion first.

"Sir, please first, and the students will follow. Carry forward politely replied.

Lin Xuanyi smiled, didn't insist anymore, took the lead in leading the way, and brought the promotion into the study, and after the people served the tea brewed, Lin Xuanyi waved his hand and drove the people out of the study, and he didn't say anything, just silently holding the tea bowl.

"Sir, are you feeling better? The students asked someone to make some plasters made of tiger bones, according to the doctors, it can cure Mr. Sick, and today I happened to go out of the palace on an errand, so I stopped by to see Mr. As he spoke, he carefully took out a small package from his arms and handed it to Lin Xuanyi very carefully.

Promoting a gentleman, and constantly calling himself a student, Lin Xuanyi couldn't help but have some heart palpitations - it stands to reason that promoting Lin Xuanyi as a teacher and calling himself a student is not a big deal, but how can the deep meaning be hidden from a wise man like Lin Xuanyi, yes, Lin Xuanyi likes to promote it very much, and he also wants to help one or two, but the problem is that Lin Xuanyi is now the Minister of Military Aircraft, and before Yinzuo's edict, he didn't have the courage to help promote it openly, second, Lin Xuanyi, who had experienced the hardships of seizing the heir, really didn't want to get involved again, if it was possible, he wouldn't even want to do it with this Minister of Military Aircraft. Facing his beloved disciple at this time, Lin Xuanyi really didn't know how to deal with it, but a wise man is a wise man after all, Lin Xuanyi thought for a while, smiled and said: "Thank you Second Elder Brother, I am afraid that this disease of Xia Guan is not completely cured, and there are many imperial doctors sent by the Holy Lord, and they all say that this disease can only be raised slowly, and after a long time, it may or may not be cured." ”

Lin Xuanyi is talking about his own illness, but the meaning is to let Hongyang look farther, don't worry about the gains and losses in front of him, Hongyang is also a sober person, naturally he can understand, to be honest, he is not really a person who wants to win over Lin Xuanyi, he just wants to listen to Lin Xuanyi's analysis of the situation, after all, with Hongyang's IQ, he also vaguely feels that he is gradually falling behind in the secret battle with Hongli, but seeing that Lin Xuanyi is unwilling to talk about this matter, he also understands Lin Xuanyi's suffering, and smiled and said:" Mr. should take more care of himself, so the students will not disturb Mr. to rest, and he will leave, and Mr. will stay. ”

"Wait!" Lin Xuanyi saw that Hongyang was leaving, and let out a sigh of relief: "Second Elder Brother, do you know about the 'Easy Inn'?" ”

"'Getaway Inn'?" Hongyang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Lin Xuanyi with some doubts, not understanding what Lin Xuanyi was talking about.

Lin Xuanyi didn't look up at Hongyang's face at all, and said with a look of self-talk: "There is a scholar from Guangzhou in the 'Xiaoyao Inn', it seems that his surname is Xiao, well, it's a little interesting." ”

Hongyang's eyes lit up, he didn't say anything, he saluted respectfully, and strode out the door......

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