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Chapter 313 Lack of Supplies
Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard that, and his original depressed mood disappeared immediately. He immediately reminded: "Jianlu has suffered losses twice in a row, and he will definitely not be careless again. Tell Lu Xiangsheng that there will be no pie in the sky, and good things will happen." It is impossible to do it over and over again. Be careful to move quickly, shoot a shot and change places. In addition, do a good job in intelligence collection..."

Barabara gave a lot of instructions, and after saying everything he could think of, he withdrew from the chat group and looked back at the information on the imperial table in front of him.

At this time, because of Lu Xiangsheng's victory, his mood improved a lot, and he was no longer so entangled.Regarding the matter of military pay, under the current system, no matter what you do, even if you dispatch factory guards to supervise the Qing army, you will not be able to verify it clearly.

Military pay can’t be dragged on forever, what should be paid still needs to be paid. Under the strict reprimand, some people want to be greedy, and some people want to eat empty pay. If you can catch them, you can catch them.For the current plan, what is really effective is the reform of the military system.

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

When Jianlu was ravaging the capital, facing the incompetence of King Qin's army, he longed for a strong army that obeyed orders at that time, and he was already concerned about the formation of a new army.It can even be said that he has high hopes for the new army.

Otherwise, the new army would not place such a big bargaining chip in the selection of soldiers. If it wanted to confiscate an earl, it would not pay attention to every aspect of the new army, which would lead to a major military case.

Regarding the shortcomings of the current military system, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the new military supervision system could be better resolved.The new army is an example.After the new army gained its reputation, it began to reform the national army according to the new army model.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen decreed that the Minister of the Ministry of Households should reissue half of the salary owed.At the same time, the important towns on the nine borders took turns carrying out the Qing army one by one.The Qing army this time has only one requirement, to register the existing soldiers according to the actual situation and make a list, and to pay military salaries according to this list in the future.

Under this premise, if any soldiers escape, their generals will be punished.The punishment measures, according to the proportion of deserted soldiers, are reprimand, demotion, dismissal, and imprisonment in order from low to high.

This decree was issued before the Qing army compiled the books. Whoever dares to add more heads will be found if the military pay is seized next time. The more empty the pay, the more likely they will be convicted of a felony.

After Emperor Chongzhen had dealt with the matter, before he had time to catch his breath, Hu Zhengyan, the governor of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty, asked to see him.What he didn't expect was that Hu Zhengyan came to tell him the bad news. The ink raw materials were insufficient, and the Daming banknotes were only printed for about 4000 million taels, which could not meet the exchange requirements of the Daming Construction Bank.

For this situation, there are two workarounds.One is to reduce the printing quality requirements, and Hu Zhengyan can mix other inks for printing; the other is to suspend production temporarily, and then print after the ink raw materials are available.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "During the period when the Daming banknotes are building their reputation, many people are staring at the Daming banknotes, and are hesitant to wait and see. If the quality of the banknotes deteriorates, they will have all kinds of troubles." Suspicion. Gu Qing will count out the missing raw materials and quantity, and I will ask people to provide them as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, he pondered for a while and then said: "As for the banknotes that Daming Construction Bank still has that cannot be exchanged, let them delay opening a few branches for the time being. When the banknotes are available and they have experience in preparing branches, they will continue to open. That's right!"

The emperor has made a decision on this matter, so naturally it is so decided.After Hu Zhengyan left, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help thinking of another question.Daming's materials are still too short, not only ink raw materials, but also military materials such as gunpowder.To solve these problems, we must embark on the road of industrialization. Only when the supplies are abundant can we let go of our hands and feet and work hard.But this matter can't be rushed, let's do the new army's affairs first.

When he was busy with the new army, four young men came out from the gate of the Beijing camp, in casual attire.On the street, everyone is very excited.

"Master, where are we going?" A strong man asked the person walking in front.

When the man heard this, he turned around and smiled and said, "You have all passed the new army assessment. According to the will, you are free, not my Cao family. Don't call me young master in the future. How do we look like brothers?"

This man is full of fighting spirit and has given up on Cao Bianjiao, who was given the title of chief officer.After passing the assessment of the new army, it is generally necessary to go back and transfer the military registration, and bring the immediate family members to the capital.

However, Cao Bianjiao is only a relative of Cao Wenzhao, and he is not married, so there is no need to go back.The other three were men from eastern Liaodong, and their family members had been killed by the Jian captives, so they didn't need to go back.As for their military status, if you bring a message back, Cao Wenzhao will naturally handle it for them.

Therefore, they stayed in the capital, waiting for the day when the new army would become an army.It is rare to have free time, since we are in the capital, we should take this opportunity to go shopping.

After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he stood facing the other three people and said, "We will be based on age, I am the youngest, Brother Zhao, Brother Qian, and Brother Sun!"

"No, no, how did this happen!" The burly man, the oldest brother Zhao quickly waved his hands, "The young master is..."

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

Cao Bianjiao still insisted, and said seriously: "The young master represents the past. Since I, Cao Bianjiao, have abandoned the past, I should naturally give up my identity as the young master. In this new army, I will definitely make some achievements!"

Brother Zhao and the three looked at each other, remembering what his uncle said, so they stopped insisting, but made up their minds to help Cao become a dragon.

Brother Qian, who was the tallest, smiled and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Young master...Cao...Your brother will definitely get what he wants. The supervisor came over yesterday, and I bet he came here specially to see Brother Cao!"

After finishing speaking, he felt that Brother Cao Xian's address was a bit awkward, but he still felt that the young master was easy to pronounce.

The other two listened and echoed. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the supervising army was very concerned about Cao Bianjiao.If there is no accident, Cao Bianjiao will definitely not do badly in the new army!

Cao Bianjiao felt it himself, and it seemed that Eunuch Wang Chengen was quite satisfied with him.But he didn't promise anything to him, and he didn't want to continue this topic, so he turned around and walked away: "I heard that the imperial court has lifted the ban on the limited supply of food, let's go, let's go to a restaurant to have a meal, my brother treats you!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was happy, and immediately followed Cao Bianjiao.Express your opinion while walking.

"Thanks to the imperial court killing those Shanxi merchants, the food supply here in the capital is finally not so tight."

"Yeah, those damn Shanxi merchants, it's a pity I didn't see them being tortured. I heard that their flesh was divided up, go back and pay homage to those relatives who were killed by them!"

"If I were in the capital at that time, I would definitely grab a piece of it. Damn, they have a share in my family's blood feud!"

(End of this chapter)