Dong Dashan did not rest at home for a few more days as Zhu Yicheng asked. After seeing Zhu Yicheng, he went to the Military Affairs Office to return the order. The next day, he was at the Military Affairs Office.

After taking over Anqing, Zhu Yigui received the order of Huang Chaoyun to go to Wangjiang and led a unit to carry out small-scale raids.

Wangjiang wants to fight, but it cannot fight hard for the time being. This is a strategy set by Zhu Yicheng. The attack is used to attract the Qing army, mix the water in the Central Plains even more, and buy time for the Ming army.

Zhu Yigui did a good job. He commanded his troops to be in the Wangjiang area, causing chaos in this area. The Qing army was facing a major enemy and asked for help one after another. Longkodo was extremely angry when he learned about the situation. However, due to the critical moment of the battle in Henan, and Gao Jin's troops were forcing Jiangxia, Longkodo could not draw any troops from his hands. He had no choice but to order Jiangxi and Anhui provinces to strengthen defense, and at the same time, he distributed some troops in Jiangxi to prevent accidents.

There is no big deal in Anqing for the time being. The main problem of the Ming army now is the training of recruits and material preparation. These cannot be completed in one day or two days. The Ming army's military structure has always been a recruiting system. Coupled with the complete and absorption of the captive green camp, the Ming army formed a combat-effective force in a very short period of time.

However, the weakness of the recruiting system is also obvious. First, the recruiting soldiers are recruiting and recruiting, which is often called raising the recruiting flag and having their own food entitlements.

Although the recruiting system has simple and convenient sources, the overall quality of recruiting has inherent shortcomings. The Ming army has now formed a relatively complete military training plan, but under the innate factors of the recruiting system, except for some elite troops, although the rest of the troops can be regarded as good, in Zhu Yicheng's eyes, there are still great shortcomings with real professional soldiers.

When he was in Ningbo, Zhu Yicheng thought about changing from recruiting troops to recruiting troops, but compared with recruiting troops, the establishment of a conscription system is not so easy. First, the conscription system needs to first form a complete military service system, and secondly, the conscription system requires a large number of qualified military personnel. This cannot be completed in a short time, and it takes a certain amount of time to form the foundation.

But even so, Zhu Yicheng is also implementing preparations for the transformation from recruitment to conscription system. Compared with recruitment system, the conscription system has the greatest advantage, that is, the source of troops comes entirely from the court, rather than solved by the army, which can completely solve the possibility of future warlords.

With the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of the hills in the army gradually appeared. Not to mention the rest, the army and the navy, the veterans of each army, from the Dragon Sect (Toucheng) to the emerging ones, and in addition, the various factions divided by region are also numerous. These factions are complicated. Although they are still closely united under the control of Zhu Yicheng, there are many open and secret struggles among them.

The great man once said that there is no party emperor outside the party, and there are all kinds of strange things within the party. I won’t talk about him for the first half of the sentence. As an emperor, Zhu Yicheng certainly had this idea, but it is absolutely impossible to eliminate internal factions. Moreover, as the territory of the Ming Dynasty became larger and larger, China was a complex society that paid great attention to various levels of relationships such as the country, the village party, classmates and friends, so it was natural to form this situation.

Zhu Yicheng never intended to completely change this situation because this situation cannot be changed at all. Only by guiding it to form a good mutual competition mechanism can the overall situation be controlled in his hands.

In addition to the army, the same is true among civil officials. Zhu Yicheng knew very well that as a superior, the balance method is particularly important, at least in this regard, Zhu Yicheng did a pretty good job.

After taking over Guangdong, the Ming army's large-scale expansion was underway. According to the plan of the General Staff, the Ming army will expand its troops to 600,000. Compared with this number, the gap is still relatively large. What is more important is that the training of these soldiers cannot be completed without a certain amount of time.

In addition to the expansion of troops, there is also the update of weapons and equipment. The use of firearms accounts for a higher and higher proportion of the Ming army, but in actual wars, there are still great problems in the use of firearms now.

In addition to further improving the development of various firearms such as artillery, muskets, and targeted improvements based on some problems revealed during the war, this is also an issue that the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to. In addition to the research department located in Ningbo, the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Works. Now, the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Works, which originally had a low status among the six ministries, is becoming more and more important. The structure of the Ministry of Works is much larger than the initial one, and with the establishment of various projects, the expansion speed is getting faster and faster.

The Minister of Works is Jiang Jin. Since Zhu Yicheng ascended the throne in Nanjing, Jiang Jin's Works Department has been developing rapidly. Compared with the other five departments, the Ministry of Works has the largest personnel and structure. Zhu Yicheng is still quite satisfied with the achievements made by Jiang Jin and recognizes his ability in the Works Department.

It is precisely because of Zhu Yicheng's emphasis on the Ministry of Work that the status of the Ministry of Work has continued to rise. Now, the Ministry of Work has ranked behind the Ministry of Personnel and Military Affairs, and even surpassed the Ministry of Revenue and ranks third, which makes Jiang Jin even more proud.

In Jiang Jin's opinion, the current Ministry of Works has such a status naturally cannot be separated from his efforts. Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Jin was also an old man from the Dragon Sect. He could boast about his contribution to the initiative to welcome Zhu Yicheng to Ningbo for the rest of his life.

When Zhu Yicheng established the Military Affairs Office, Jiang Jin was even more proud and thought he could join the military aircraft and become one of the first military aircraft ministers. But who would have thought that his name would not be found on the list of five people later, which made Jiang Jin shocked and angry.

Compared with Liao Huanzhi, Dong Dashan, Wang Dong, Jiang Jin knew their weight in Zhu Yicheng's heart. One was the leader of civil officials, the other was the first in the army, and the other was the commander of the navy. The three of them took out any of them, whether in terms of status or closeness to Zhu Yicheng, they were far better than Jiang Jin.

As for Wu Sidao, although he came late, Jiang Jin knew in his heart that Wu Sidao was Zhu Yicheng's confidant counselor, and his identity was extraordinary. What's more, Wu Sidao was not very enthusiastic about the struggle for power, and it was completely Zhu Yicheng's arrangement that he could enter the military aircraft.

These four people didn't talk about him, but why could Wang Fan climb over his head and get into the military aircraft? Jiang Jin was particularly dissatisfied with this. In his opinion, Wang Fanlun was born as a businessman, and his status was barely comparable to him. If he had the ability, he could not match him at all. What kind of virtue could he become a minister of military aircraft?

Since the list of candidates for military ministers announced, Jiang Jin has been resentful. Not only did Liao Huanzhi and others see this, but even Zhu Yicheng knew about it. In order to appease Jiang Jin, Zhu Yicheng asked Liao Huanzhi to have a deep conversation with him to show the profound meaning of the candidates for military ministers. At the same time, he told Jiang Jin that he was responsible for his heavy responsibilities and Zhu Yicheng's expectations for him as the Minister of Works.

After the conversation, Jiang Jin gradually calmed down and no longer worried about military operations. However, afterwards, Jiang Jin disliked Wang Fan. Just like now, Jiang Jin came to the Military Affairs Office to look for Wang Fan in anger. As soon as he saw him, he asked him in person why the Ministry of Works had not yet been fully funded.
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