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312 Material shortage

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was overjoyed and his originally depressed mood disappeared immediately. He immediately reminded: "Jianlu suffered losses twice in a row, and he would definitely not be careless anymore. Tell Lu Xiangsheng that there will be no pie falling from the sky, and good things will not be possible again and again. Pay attention to transfer quickly, shoot one shot and change another place. In addition, do a good job of collecting information..."

After Balabala gave a lot of advice, he said everything he could think of, then he stepped out of the chat group and looked back at the information on the imperial table in front of him.

At this time, he was much better because of Lu Xiangsheng's victory and was no longer so worried. Under the current system, no matter how he did it, even if he mobilized the factory guards to supervise the Qing army, he would not be able to verify it clearly.

Military pay cannot be delayed forever, and what should be paid should be issued. Under the strict reprimand, some people want to be greedy, some people want to be empty salary, and they can be arrested if they can, and there is no way to catch them. For the sake of the present, the real effective plan is the reform of the military system.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen was even more looking forward to the new army.

When Jianlu was raging the capital, facing the incompetence of the royal army, he longed for a strong and obedient army at that time and was already concerned about the formation of the new army. It can even be said that he placed great hopes on the new army.

Otherwise, the new army would not have made such a big bargaining chip from the selection of troops. They would have to seal out an earl, and would not be concerned about all aspects of the new army, which would have involved a major military weapon case.

Regarding the current drawbacks of the military system, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the political commissar system could be solved better. The new army was a demonstration. After the new army became famous, it began to reform the national army according to the new army model.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to ask the Minister of Revenue to make a repayment of half of the wages. At the same time, the Qing army took turns to carry out the Qing army in the important towns of the nine borders. This time, the Qing army had only one requirement to register the existing military soldiers according to the actual situation, and then pay the military wages according to this list.

Under this premise, if there are still soldiers who flee, their generals will be punished. This punishment measure, according to the proportion of fugitive soldiers, is to be reprimanded, demoted, dismissed, imprisoned, etc., from low to high.

This decree is issued before the Qing army was established. Who dares to make up more heads and come in? If the military pay is seized next time, the more empty pay is, the more likely it is to be punished.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished dealing with this matter, before he could take a breath, Hu Zhengyan, the governor of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, asked for a meeting. What he did not expect was that Hu Zhengyan came to tell him the bad news, the ink raw materials were insufficient, and the Ming Dynasty banknotes were only printed for about 40 million taels and they were not printed, which could not meet the exchange requirements of the Ming Construction Bank.

There are two solutions to this situation. One is to reduce the printing quality requirements, and Hu Zhengyan can mix other inks for printing; the other is to temporarily stop work and print after the ink raw materials are available.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while, but shook his head and said, "Da Ming banknotes are being established during the period when the Ming banknotes are being established. Many people are staring at the Ming banknotes and are hesitating and watching. If the quality of the banknotes is reduced, they will have various suspicions. Gu Qing will count the missing raw materials and quantity, and I will ask you to provide them as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, he pondered for a moment and said, "As for the remaining silver that Ming Construction Bank cannot be exchanged, let them temporarily slow down the opening of several branches. When the banknotes are available, they will have experience in preparing for the branches. Then continue to open it!"

After the emperor made the decision, he would naturally be decided. After Hu Zhengyan left, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think of another problem. The Ming Dynasty's materials were too short, not only ink raw materials, but also military supplies such as gunpowder. To solve these, we must embark on the road of industrialization and become abundant in order to let go of our hands and feet. However, we can't hurry up and do our best. First, we will do our jobs in the new army.

While he was busy with new military affairs, four young men came out of the gate of the Beijing camp, dressed in casual clothes. When he walked onto the street, they were all very excited.

"Young Master, where are we going to visit?" A strong man asked the man walking in front of him.

When the man heard this, he turned around and smiled, "You have all passed the New Army Assessment. According to the will, you are already free, not my Cao family. Don't call me a young master in the future, how about our brothers?"

This man was Cao Bianjiao, who was full of fighting spirit and gave up the title of chief official. After passing the new army assessment, he usually had to go back and move his military status and bring his immediate relatives to the capital.

However, Cao Bianjiao was only Cao Wenzhao, who was not married, so there was no need to go back. The other three were Liaodong Han men, and their families had been killed by Jianlu and did not need to go back. As for their military status, if they brought a message back, Cao Wenzhao would naturally handle it for them.

Therefore, they stayed in the capital and waited for the day when the new army was formed. They had a rare time to have free time. Since they were in the capital, they naturally had to take this opportunity to take a look.

After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he stood up in front of the other three and said, "We will be the youngest according to our age, Brother Zhao, Brother Qian, Brother Sun!"

"No, no, no, how can this make it!" The strong man, the oldest brother Zhao, quickly shook his hand and said, "Young master is..."

The other two nodded, echoing Brother Zhao's opinion.

Cao Bianjiao still insisted and said seriously: "The young master represents the past. Since I, Cao Bianjiao, have given up on the past, then the young master's identity should be abandoned. In this new army, I must make some achievements!"

Brother Zhao and the other two looked at each other. When they remembered his uncle's advice, they stopped insisting. They just made up their minds and must help Cao Bianjiao.

The tallest brother Qian smiled and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Young master... Cao... Brother Xian will definitely get what he wants. The army supervisor came over yesterday. I bet that he came to visit Brother Xianyu!"

After saying that, he felt that the name of Cao Xiandi was a little awkward, and he still felt that the young master was easy to speak.

After hearing this, the other two people agreed. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that the military supervisor was very concerned about Cao Bianjiao. If nothing unexpected happened, Cao Bianjiao would never be bad in the new army!

Cao Bianjiao also felt it himself, as if Wang Chengen's father-in-law was quite satisfied with him. However, he had not promised anything to him, and he did not want to continue the topic, so he turned around and walked: "I heard that the court has lifted the ban on limited supply of food. Let's go and find a restaurant to have a meal, and I'll treat you!"

When everyone heard this, they were happy and immediately followed Cao Bianjiao and expressed their opinions while walking.

"Thanks to the imperial court killed the Shanxi merchants, the food in the capital was not so nervous."

"Yes, those damn Shanxi merchants, unfortunately, didn't see them being Lingchi. I heard that their flesh was divided up and I went back to pay tribute to the relatives who were killed by them!"

"If I were in the capital at that time, I would definitely have to grab one. Damn, my family's blood feud will have theirs!"
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