The Emperor of Ming Dynasty personally led the army to defeat the enemy and beheaded countless thieves.

This is undoubtedly an extremely inspiring fighting spirit for the military and civilians of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the Ming army had not won the opponent for a long time in the field battle. This time the emperor personally defeated the formation and proved that the Qing army's field battle was not invincible.

There is no need to say much about the routine operation of rewarding meritorious soldiers. Zhu Youlang also decided to build a temple of martyrs. Any soldiers who died in the Ming Dynasty could enter the temple of martyrs and offer tablets.

Once his idea was proposed, it immediately caused a fierce dispute among the ministers in the court.

Zhu Youlang discovered that the key to disputes is the difference in thoughts.

Zhu Youlang's soul comes from later generations, and in his eyes, life is naturally equal.

Whether it is a king, prince, general, minister, or peddler, or pawn, they are all alone, so they should enjoy the rights that a person deserves.

Shouldn’t the soldiers who sacrifice their lives bravely be respected and worshipped by people?

The ministers just don’t understand such a simple truth.

People from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works suggested that the Lingyan Pavilion might be built according to the Zhenguan period to rank the meritorious officials, but the tablets for every hero are a bit exaggerated.

This made Zhu Youlang very angry.

Due to the limitations of the times, some things cannot be truly implemented.

However, the construction of a Martyrs' Temple to offer tablets to ordinary fallen soldiers is definitely within his ability.

In other words, this is not a question of whether it can be done or not, but whether or not it is to think about it.

Perhaps in the eyes of these ministers and ministers, they are superior to others, right?

After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Youlang decided not to give in.

The Ming Dynasty had various chronic diseases, some were institutional and some were caused by people's hearts.

If he had not decided to build a martyr's temple to give the respect the fallen soldiers deserved, how could he reform it in the future and how could he revive the Ming Dynasty?

As a king, you must persist in what you should stick to.

Zhu Youlang issued an order to express his attitude to the ministers again through the cabinet, which surprised the officials.

The noble emperor actually pays attention to the ants at the bottom?

They would also like to mention what the king is believing that the people are as loving as their children, but that is just a verbal statement. Does anyone really believe it?

And now it seems that His Majesty is going to come?

It would be much easier to figure out the emperor’s true thoughts.

This is not a matter that concerns the vital interests of the civil servant group, and there is no need for them to go against the emperor.

After mutual accuse, the civil servant group soon reached an agreement, agreed with the opinions of the Holy Emperor and prepared to build a temple of Martyrs.

The construction of the temple is the matter of the Ministry of Works, and it also involves the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of War need to provide a list, and the Ministry of Revenue is responsible for allocating money.

Zhu Youlang ordered the departments to come up with specific regulations within three days after negotiations and the construction was completed within ten days.

This was not a decision he made when he was in a flash, but a long-term plan.

What he wanted to cultivate was the soldiers' sense of honor as a soldier, so that they could understand that the court and the emperor would not forget their contributions, nor would the people of the Ming Dynasty have forgotten them.

After this battle, the Qing army would not attack again in a short period of time. This gave the Ming army valuable time to rest.

Zhu Youlang is facing two difficult problems now.

The first is to train the new army, and the second is to supplement Prussian guns, artillery and ammunition.

Although the training of the new army has begun, it is not very ideal in terms of actual results.

The quality of soldiers in this era is still a bit poor, they are not full or warm in food, and they are pale and thin in their skin.

This is still a young man, and women and children are even worse.

Zhu Youlang gave the new soldiers the conditions for one tael of silver per month and half a tael of auxiliary soldiers.

This condition does not seem very prominent at first glance, which means it is about the same as the Qing army's military salaries.

But in the poor Yunnan-Guizhou area, this condition is already very generous.

Even if one or two per person is a big expense, it will be a considerable expense if the number of people is too large.

Zhu Youlang felt that the limit he could bear was 10,000 people. In this way, he would have more than 100,000 taels of expenditure a year.

It is definitely not enough to rely solely on the national treasury and the treasury, so Zhu Youlang has to find another way.

The simplest and most rude way is to grab it. Who should I grab it? Of course, I grab the Qing army.

After all, there are not many wealthy businessmen in Yunnan and Guizhou, and even Zhu Youlang can’t find a fat pig if he wants to grab it.

It is even more unreliable to steal ordinary people. Let’s see how the taxes were constantly increased during the Chongzhen period. The taxes were all added to the poor, and the result was that the world was turbulent.

After thinking about it, I could only grab the Qing army. I had no money or food, just stare at the Qing army!

Zhu Youlang also thought very clearly about the structure of this army.

This army belongs directly to him, which is equivalent to the three major camps of the capital at that time.

Although the Jinyiwei was directly responsible to the emperor, it was a fancy and it was impossible to go into battle to kill the enemy.

Zhu Youlang must cultivate a trusted army of trustworthy confidants.

This price is that no matter how high it is, you have to pay.

As for the shortage of guns and ammunition, it is a bit tricky.

Among the guns and cannons brought by Zhu Youlang, artillery consumption is extremely high, and almost half of the ammunition has been used.

The situation of guns is better, but I can't help but use it all the time.

Zhu Youlang will not do anything like eating the whole country, so he must think about countermeasures as soon as possible.

Zhu Youlang's idea was to use ammunition to imitate the craftsman.

Although this is difficult, it is much less difficult than directly imitating guns.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the craftsmanship system, and all the craftsmanship were passed down by descendants.

There is no doubt about professionalism, the only problem is that it requires an adaptation process.

But even if the supply of ammunition is sufficient in the future, the limited number of guns and cannons is a huge constraint.

Today, Zhu Youlang only has a few hundred Dereser rifles and dozens of cannons.

These numbers are barely enough to be equipped with the new army. If the entire army is equipped, it requires a lot of money, and the other is to solve the craftsmanship problem.

If you want to make money, it is probably not enough to rely on robbing the Qing army. It will only take a long time to conquer Huguang and Jiangnan have a large source of taxes.

As for the process...

Zhu Youlang knew that the key to the Deleiser needle gun was the base fire. This was extremely difficult to make, but the others were fine.

As for Krupp's early rifled guns, they could ignite the ignition rope and use the fire transmission hole to install a hair pulling tube...

It is quite difficult to completely imitate these local craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, but if they can discuss with the Francois in Macau in the future, they may be able to create a copy.

Speaking of which, the most important thing is to expand the territory as much as possible while gaining a foothold, increase revenue and build a strong army.

From this point of view, although the Ming army had just won a big victory, the situation was still very critical.

What the Qing court had to do was to blockade and try to use its economic advantages to drag the Ming army to death.

Isn’t the strategy that Hong Chengchou has always pursued to press forward step by step and gradually compress the Ming army’s space?

How to rush out and which place to choose as the breakthrough point is Zhu Youlang’s primary consideration.

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