After the meal, Xiao Ruxun stayed with them in the dining hall and did not ask them to go to the main hall. He sat on a chair and asked some irrelevant questions while digesting the food.
Then he let them rest for a while and returned to the side hall to check on Zhenbang's poem. After the lunch break, he went to the main hall to discuss government affairs with several important ministers.
The horse policy had been discussed and had been tried out in Northern Zhili. The village chiefs of Northern Zhili regarded the horse policy as a top priority and followed it in real time in order to get accurate data and report to the cabinet.
The sea transport was also discussed. Luzon and Myanmar were designated as emergency grain depots for the Central Plains because of their favorable climate and fertile soil, and they were often used for military purposes.
And the grain of Jiangnan, especially the major grain-producing areas in the southeast, had begun to be transported by sea to the capital, and through the capital to Liaodong and the northwest. After the Grand Canal was repaired and dredged, it was only used to transport military supplies for the army and not for civilian use.
The sea transport was booming. Based on the reports sent by the Wukou port department in the past few months, the number of civilian ships had greatly increased.
The big merchants were abolished, and small merchants and private individuals began to appear in order to sell local specialties in some places.
After receiving instructions from the court, the local village chiefs even organized the manpower and resources of the village to go to the north or Southeast Asia to do business.
The sea routes to Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia had all been opened up by Great Qin's Navy, and the ignorant things on the surface of the sea had been swept clean by Great Qin's Navy. There were no longer any obstacles to maritime trade, and under Xiao Ruxun's rule, the Royal Court had unanimously approved that the people could go out to sea to trade.
The port department could finally collect taxes.
And the possible tax evasion also made Xiao Ruxun very vigilant.
He instructed the Central Investigation Department to select five capable teams to be stationed in the port department of Wukou, and then instructed the police of Wukou to cooperate with the port department and the Investigation Department to arrest possible criminals at any time.
In June of the first year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun introduced the well-run police system in Myanmar to the city of Wukou, and set up a police station to maintain law and order in Wukou.
After Chen Xie retired from the army, he made a great contribution to the establishment and improvement of the police system. Xiao Ruxun gave him the title of Marquis and asked him to come to the capital to set up the police station.
Nanjing also had a police station, called the Nanjing Police Station, which was responsible for the work of the Jiangnan police station. The capital police station was responsible for the Jiangbei police station. At present, there were only seven cities with police stations, including Nanjing, Beijing, and Wukou.
There were not many police officers, and it would take time for the other police officers to be trained. Nanjing and Beijing each had a Central Police Academy, called the Southern Academy and the Northern Academy, which recruited students from all over the society.
But the police force had not been in the mainland for a long time, and many people thought that the police officers were the police.
Xiao Ruxun had accumulated a lot of work experience in the police force in Myanmar. She was able to coordinate well with the Department of Commerce as soon as she got started. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun had put several safety locks on the five ports. If there was still a problem, then it would be a big problem.
He had a lot of experience in the police force in Myanmar, so he could cooperate well with the port department. Therefore, he had personally experienced the lessons of the former Ming Imperial Bodyguard and almost lost his life, so he set up a black poison outside the black water.
He spread secret agents both inside and outside the court so that his ears and eyes would not be deceived. However, he had personally experienced the lesson of the Brocade Guards of the previous Ming Dynasty and almost lost his life for it. Therefore, he set up black poison outside the black water.
In addition, he felt that it was necessary for him to go out from time to time to feel the breath of people, and not stay in the palace every day with power. That way, after a long time, his heart would become numb.
Xiao Ruxun spent most of his time in the imperial palace, but he did not stay in the palace completely. He was not the mascot emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he could go wherever he wanted, and no one could stop him.
Sometimes he would go to Tongzhou, sometimes he would go to Fangshan, and sometimes he would go to the military camps in the northwest and northeast of the capital to inspect the training of the troops. He never told anyone, and he went wherever he wanted.
On the 27th day of the tenth lunar month, Xiao Ruxun notified Wang Xijue and then left the palace, heading straight for the Central Military Academy of Daqin in the northeast of the capital.
Eight months had passed since it was first established in February, and this military academy, which was like a fortress, was beginning to show its brilliance.
The Central Military Academy had recruited 1,000 students in its first semester. Most of them were young officers who had made great contributions in the army. There were also some soldiers and some young people recruited from the local areas. They were required to be under 24 years old, and the length of the school was two years.
The principal of the academy was the Emperor himself, Xiao Ruxun, and the judge who handled the daily affairs of the military academy was Wang Hui, a veteran of the army. After Wang Hui returned from the northwest, he told Xiao Ruxun that he was very tired and did not want to continue fighting in the army. After much consideration, Xiao Ruxun allowed him to take charge of the daily operations of the military academy.
Wang Hui used the rules of the army to discipline this group of students, and it was very suitable. They would wake up early and run in the morning, attend military theory class in the morning, take a nap in the afternoon, attend military skills class in the afternoon, eat dinner, and at night there would be remedial classes on culture. After that, they would turn off the lights and sleep, and the cycle would repeat itself.
Xiao Ruxun had very high expectations of this group of students, so he earmarked a sum of money for the operation of the military academy. Usually, he treated this group of young fellows very well.
Three meals a day, oil, water, and meat — this was the most basic requirement of Xiao Ruxun.
This was a very large investment, but fortunately, the villages and towns around the capital all had a large number of livestock and poultry. There was no shortage of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, or sheep. Most of it was purchased by the army and the military academy, so there was no need to worry about sales.
As for the rest, the livestock would be transported along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal until the livestock in the surrounding areas of the capital met the requirements.
Because of the enormous investment, the expectations were naturally enormous as well. In the eight months since the establishment of the military academy, Xiao Ruxun had gone to the academy no less than ten times.
He would go every few days to inspect the progress of the studies and the lives of the young fellows. He would go into the midst of the ordinary students and converse with them.
This way, they would know whom they should be loyal to, and from this, they would feel a sense of honor.
In the military academy, Xiao Ruxun called himself the dean, or principal, and had the students refer to him as such to show that there was no such thing as a ruler and a minister in the military academy, only teachers and students. This made the young fellows of the military academy very excited.
The buildings of the military academy were all built under strict supervision. Xiao Ruxun had personally visited the places where the students attended classes and where they lived. Of course, it could not be compared to the modern world, but the lighting, ventilation, and other aspects of the facilities were far superior to that of a normal guesthouse.
The three meals a day were also very particular.
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