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Emperor Men Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and his original depressed mood immediately disappeared. He immediately reminded: "Jianlu suffered losses twice in a row, and he will definitely not be careless again. Tell Lu Xiangsheng, pie will not fall from the sky, and good things will happen." It can't happen again and again. Pay attention to move quickly, shoot and change places. In addition, do a good job in intelligence collection..."

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

At this time, because of Lu Xiangsheng's victory, he was in a much better mood and no longer so entangled. Regarding the matter of military pay, under the current system, no matter how we do it, even if we send out factory guards to supervise the Qing army, we will not be able to verify it clearly.

Military pay cannot be delayed forever. What should be paid must still be paid. Under strict orders and reprimands, some people will be greedy and some will eat empty pay. If you can, you can catch them. If you can't, there is nothing you can do. For today's plan, what is really effective is the reform of the military system.

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

When Jianlu was ravaging the capital, facing the incompetence of King Qin's army, at that time he longed for a strong army that obeyed orders, and he was already focused on 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 have put such a big bargaining chip in the selection of soldiers, and would not have made a count, and would not have paid attention to all aspects of the New Army, which would have led to a major arms case.

Regarding the shortcomings of the current military system, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the new military supervision system could better solve it. The New Army is an example. After the New Army gained a reputation, it began to reform the country's military according to the New Army model.

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to have the Minister of Household Affairs repay half of the arrears. At the same time, the important towns on the nine sides took turns to attack the Qing troops one by one. This time the Qing army had only one request, which was to register the existing soldiers in a register according to the actual situation, and then distribute military pay according to this register.

Under this premise, if there are still soldiers who flee, their generals will be punished. This punishment measure, according to the proportion of deserted soldiers, from low to high is reprimand, demotion, dismissal, imprisonment, etc.

This edict was issued before the Qing army established a register. Whoever dared to recruit more people would be caught next time the military pay was issued. The more empty pay they had, the more likely they would be convicted of a serious crime.

Emperor Chongzhen finished handling the matter, and before he could take a breath, Hu Zhengyan, the president 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. There was insufficient ink raw materials, and the Ming Dynasty banknotes were only printed for about 40 million taels and could not meet the exchange requirements of the Ming Dynasty Construction Bank.

There are two solutions for this situation. One is to lower the printing quality requirements, and Hu Zhengyan can deploy other inks for printing; the other is to temporarily stop work and wait for the ink raw materials to be available before printing.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "While the Ming Dynasty banknotes are building credibility, many people are staring at the Ming Dynasty banknotes and are hesitant to wait and see. If the quality of the banknotes decreases, they will have various problems. Suspicion. Gu Qing, please count the missing raw materials and their quantities, and I will ask someone to provide them as soon as possible."

Having said this, he pondered for a while and then said: "As for the money that Daming Construction Bank still has that cannot be exchanged, let them temporarily postpone the opening of a few branches. When the banknotes are available and they have experience in preparing branches, they can continue to open them. That’s it!”

The emperor has decided on this matter, so it will naturally be settled. After Hu Zhengyan left, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think of another problem. The Ming Dynasty was still short of supplies, not only ink raw materials, but also gunpowder and other military supplies. To solve these problems, we must embark on the road of industrialization. Only when materials are abundant can we be free to do big things. However, this matter cannot be rushed. Let’s get the New Army’s affairs in place first.

While he was busy with the New Army affairs, four young men came out from the gate of Beijing Camp, dressed in casual clothes. Everyone was excited when they walked onto the street.

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

When the man heard this, he turned around and said with a smile: "You have all passed the new army examination. According to the decree, you are free and no longer belong to my Cao family. Don't call me young master in the future. How do we suit each other as brothers?"

This man was full of fighting spirit and gave up the title of chief officer. After passing the new army assessment, you usually have to go back and transfer your military status, and bring your immediate family members to the capital.

However, Cao Bianjiao was a relative of Cao Wenzhao, and he was not married, so there was no need to go back. The other three were men from Liaodong. Their families had been killed by the Jianruids and there was no need to go back. As for their military status, if they bring a message back, Cao Wenzhao will naturally handle it for them.

Therefore, they stayed in the capital and waited for the day when the new army would be formed. It's rare to have free time. Since I'm in the capital, I naturally want to take advantage of this opportunity to go shopping.

After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he stood up facing the other three and said, "Let's go by age, I'm the youngest, Brother Zhao, Brother Qian, Brother Sun!"

"No, no, no, how could this happen!" The strong man, the oldest Brother Zhao, quickly waved his hand and said, "The young master is..."

The other two people also nodded and agreed with Brother Zhao's opinion.

Cao Bianjiao still persisted and said seriously: "The young master represents the past. Since I, Cao Bianjiao, have given up on the past, I must also give up the identity of this young master. In this new army, I will definitely make some achievements!"

Brother Zhao and the three of them looked at each other. Remembering his uncle's advice, they stopped insisting. They just made up their minds to help Cao transform into a dragon.

Brother Qian, the tallest man, smiled and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Young Master... Cao... Brother Xian will definitely get what he wants. Yesterday the supervisor came over. I bet he came here specifically to see Brother Cao!"

After finishing speaking, he felt that Cao Xiandi's title was a bit awkward, but he still felt that Young Master was easy to pronounce.

The other two people listened and agreed. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the supervisor was very concerned about Cao Bianjiao. If nothing else happens, Cao Bianjiao will definitely do well in the new army!

Cao Bianjiao also felt it, and it seemed that Eunuch Wang Chengen was quite satisfied with him. However, he was not promised anything, and he did not want to continue this topic, so he turned around and walked away: "I heard that the imperial court has lifted the ban on limited food supply. Let's go, let's go find a restaurant for a meal. I'll treat you!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was happy and immediately followed Cao Bianjiao away. As he walked, he expressed his opinions.

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

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

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