Almost everyone, including the Red Lady and Queen Zhou, could not understand Zhu Cixiang's purpose of rushing back just to attend the graduation ceremony of the Martial Arts Hall.
Everyone felt that the emperor was making a fuss out of a molehill.
But the effect was huge.
Three thousand students learned that His Majesty only brought 500 cavalry, so they galloped more than 2,000 miles in just ten days, all the way from Nanjing to Beijing, just to drink a bowl of tea they offered and encourage them.
Every sentence made everyone's eyes red with emotion, and their whole body trembled with excitement.
At this moment, almost all the students were willing to die for the emperor at any time in order to repay the divine grace.
When receiving the sword awarded by Zhu Cixiang, almost everyone swore in their hearts that in the future they would expand territory for the Ming Dynasty, guard the borders for the Ming Dynasty, and always be loyal to His Majesty.
Zhu Cihong saw the reactions of all the students and nodded secretly in his heart. Finally, it was not in vain for him to travel a long distance and come back with his thighs worn out.
The reason why he rushed back all the way and made a show of traveling day and night was to show his attitude, and at the same time he wanted to set a good example and set a good example for future emperors.
Just imagine, the emperor traveled more than two thousand miles day and night just to attend the graduation ceremony of the Military Academy. It will surely become a good story in the future.
It can also better reflect the importance the emperor attaches to military affairs and the disciples of the military academy.
There are similar examples in the past. No matter how lazy or incompetent the emperor is in the future, he will not dare to let others attend the graduation ceremony of the military academy on his behalf. He will definitely go there in person.
After the graduation ceremony, in addition to selecting one hundred outstanding students to stay as instructors, the remaining nearly three thousand people were immediately assigned to various towns.
There are 300 people in each town, plus the dozen people from the previous group, enough to completely control the soldiers and horses in each town, train according to the new drill, implement the new military law, and educate all ordinary soldiers about patriotism and loyalty to the emperor.
It is conceivable that before long, the soldiers and horses in each town will undergo radical changes, and Zhu Cixiang will also have complete control of all the field armies of the Ming Dynasty.
Wait two or three years, and after these six thousand students have grown up, even if the Red Lady wants to rebel, Zhu Cixiang can easily suppress her with a raised hand.
In the next few days, Zhu Cixiang never stopped for a moment. Accompanied by the red lady, he inspected the front, center, left and right armies one by one.
Within half a year, the 300,000-strong army of the Fifth Army had been fully equipped with all equipment and weapons except firearms. Not only the appearance and appearance of the army, but also the spirit and spirit of the army were completely transformed.
"Your Majesty, all the armies are fully equipped, well-trained, and have high morale. I feel that the time is ripe. There is no need to wait any longer. We can directly use our troops to destroy the intruders and thieves, and avoid future troubles forever."
The red lady said with burning eyes.
All the officers, including the three generals, were eager to fight and looked at Zhu Cihong.
"Um!"
Looking at the soldiers of the right army who were conducting tactical coordination exercises on the school field in the distance, Zhu Cixiang nodded.
He thought for a while and then said: "There is really no need to wait any longer. Let's start stocking up on grain, grass and weapons in Henan and Shanxi this year. We will start to mobilize troops early next year and officially launch the attack after the summer harvest."
More than half a year is enough time for those students to take control of each town, and it is also enough time to prepare for the war.
"I obey my orders."
The red lady was overjoyed and hurriedly answered with cupped fists.
All the generals also knelt down on one knee and bowed excitedly.
Immediately, Zhu Cixi held a military meeting, formulated a rough combat plan, and prepared to start this year's Five Armed Forces Exercise, and then select 10,000 outstanding soldiers to join the Imperial Guard Army.
But at this time, Queen Zhou sent someone to deliver an urgent report from Zhang Yan.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter? Did something happen in Nanjing?"
The red lady saw that Zhu Cihong's face was ugly and her brows were furrowed after reading the emergency report, so she immediately asked nervously.
"My beloved concubine, it seems that you can only preside over this exercise for me." Zhu Cixiang handed her the urgent report and said.
After receiving the urgent report and reading it, the red lady was furious and said in a hateful voice: "These literati in Jiangnan are so shameless and nasty. What else can they do besides fabricating rumors?"
"Your Majesty, you have just returned to Beijing, and you have to go to Nanjing non-stop. It is really hard. Why don't you change your concubine? I promise that the literati in Jiangnan will never dare to use such dirty tricks again.
tricks."
"No, some clowns, my dear, don't take it too seriously, and don't be angry. The New Deal has only been implemented halfway. I still have to go back and take charge in person. The more tired I am, the more tired I am. Anyway, I am still young, and my dear will stay in the north to make preparations."
Let’s take care of things before the war!”
Zhu Cixiang waved his hands, feeling at ease in his heart.
He just said that the New Deal he implemented was earth-shattering for ancient times, but it went surprisingly smoothly, which was really abnormal.
Nowadays, the gentry and literati from all over the Yangtze River have finally resisted. In his opinion, this is normal and in line with the urinary behavior of those literati and gentry.
What he didn't expect was that as soon as he stepped forward, he would explode on the back. If Zhang Yan hadn't explained in detail that it was caused by the propaganda prison, he would have suspected that there was a spy around him.
Otherwise, how could those literati and gentlemen keep the time so accurately? After all, he returned to Beijing quietly.
"Then how does Your Majesty plan to deal with the literati and gentry in Jiangnan?"
The red lady didn't insist anymore, but she felt a little sorry for him running back and forth, and she was also a little reluctant to leave after they had only been together for a few days, so she hated the scholars in Jiangnan at the moment.
"They didn't rebel, and they didn't resist the New Deal, so what are you doing to deal with them?"
"My beloved concubine, to govern the world, it is not enough to just kill people and confiscate homes. Instead, it needs a perfect system to restrain it."
Zhu Cixi smiled and shook his head.
After saying that, he took her back to the capital.
When we ran all the way back to the palace, it was already dark.
The next day, Zhu Cihong hurriedly selected a total of 10,000 people from the Imperial Guard Army and enrolled them in the Military Academy.
These 10,000 people will undergo three years of systematic study in different subjects. From now on, about 5,000 people will be selected every year. After three years, these people will be continuously assigned to the governors of the metropolitan government and the various towns and armies for thorough improvement.
New military system.
As for the kindergarten class, they will still temporarily stay in the Imperial College to study. Three years later, the first group of children will be selected to enter the Military Academy and the kindergarten class will be officially established.
"By the way, my beloved concubine, have you taken care of Liu Rushi's affairs?"
Thinking of the Propaganda Supervisor, Zhu Cihong also thought of Liu Rushi, so he asked.
He planned to take Liu Rushi to Jiangnan this time.
"Back to Your Majesty, my concubine has told her a long time ago, but she didn't believe it at all. She also said that Qian Qianyi must have died for the country. In and out of her words, she actually accused Your Majesty of not rewarding the loyal ministers who died for the country, but instead framed them.
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And in the past few months, she has been looking for people everywhere, busy and busy, trying to ask them to jointly sign a petition to seek justice for Qian Qianyi. I was so angry that I almost didn’t directly..."
The red lady was very angry until the end. If His Majesty hadn't told him when he left, she would have really wanted to lock up Liu Rushi and give him a beating.
"Well, I know that a woman like her won't shed tears until she sees the coffin. If Qian Qianyi's traitor charge is not proven, I'm afraid that even if I kill her, she won't take the initiative to divorce."
Zhu Cixi also rubbed his forehead, feeling quite headache.
"Yes, I never expected that a seemingly weak woman like her would be so stubborn at heart. I put my sword on her neck, but not only did she not give in, she even scolded me..."
The red lady nodded, and a hint of respect appeared on her face after she spoke. At the same time, she also understood why His Majesty was so concerned.
Compared to Chen Yuanyuan, she trembled with fright when she stared at him, but she went to serve His Majesty obediently.
But although Liu Rushi was also a famous prostitute, she was still a rare chaste and fierce woman.
"Oh? Did you scare her with a sword?"
"Well, I was also very angry with her, so I wanted to scare her. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"It doesn't matter. Although I appreciate her, she is just a woman after all. You don't have to worry about it, my beloved concubine. Since she doesn't want to, then let her do it."
Zhu Cixi waved his hand, pulled her into his arms and said.
"But will Your Majesty really kill her when the time comes?"
Seeing Zhu Cixiang say this, Lady Hong was slightly happy in her heart, but then she said worriedly.
"Let's talk about it then."
Zhu Cixiang obviously didn't want to worry about Liu Rushi anymore.
"Then does Your Majesty want to meet her?" Apparently after getting in touch with Liu Rushi, the red lady also had some doubts about whether the little emperor really fell in love with her.
"It's better to forget it, so as not to spread the word and cause criticism."
Although Zhu Cixi also wanted to meet Liu Rushi, after thinking about it, he finally shook his head.
After a night of tenderness, Zhu Cixi left the capital in a low-key manner early the next morning.
They also brought only the 500 people they came with, plus 600 students, and more than 1,000 people hurriedly returned to Nanjing.
From the time Zhu Cihong returned to the capital to the time he left, he only stayed for a short five days. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry.