The soldiers in the Eight Banners Army were selected from the strong soldiers in each banner. The selected soldiers were commonly known as "picking and missing", and the selected soldiers were called "pairing armor" to become a formal Eight Banners Army. In order to ensure the stability of the Eight Banners Army and have high combat effectiveness, the Qing court successively established a series of complete systems for military selection, drills, food and salary.

The Qing Dynasty's "optimal maintenance" policy for bannermen made the bannermen have money and food when they were born. The purpose was to make the Eight Banners soldiers have no worries in life and work wholeheartedly to consolidate the ruling power. However, this policy also caused the bannermen to be free from men, farmers, workers, soldiers, and people.

Guangxu said: "I read the ancestral system and found that the old rules of the bannermen were not prohibited by farmers, industry and merchants. However, those who did not work in agriculture, industry and merchants, were not in the first place because they had no land capital, and even because they gathered their clans, they were in the army either to serve in the army, and they were entitled to the noble. At the beginning, they despise and disdained, and became a habit. Now the country has changed a lot that has not been seen in three thousand years. Banners have been eating the court's salary for more than 200 years, and they should stand up and serve the country at this time. If they can join the army, as long as they pass the assessment, they will naturally be given priority in joining the new army. If they cannot join the army, the court will not restrict them and let them make a living. However, if they violate the law and discipline, they will be severely punished and will not lend them."

All the ministers agreed in unison.

Guangxu continued: "As for the green camps of each province, the provincial governors, governors, and magistrates, and the Qing camps were ordered to form the green camps and brave camps. The Ministry of War immediately took out a charter and divided them into thirty or fifty battalions according to the size of the provinces, economic level, and garrisoning conditions. The practice was carried out according to the new law to make them have combat effectiveness. The rest of the over-staffed personnel were all eliminated."

Xu Geng said: "Abide by the order."

Then he said: "The new army was trained and received a call from the Northeast the day before yesterday that the recruitment of the Northeast Guards has been completed. There are currently three brigades with a total of 15,000 people, including one brigade in Heilongjiang, one brigade in Jilin, and one brigade in Fengtian; the Zhili Guards have completed the fifth brigade, with 30,000 people, and are currently stationed in Fengtai Camp."

The Guangxu originally planned to train the Guards to be 50,000 in the three towns in the northeast, 80,000 in the five towns in Zhili, and 15,000 in the third towns in Mongolia and Manchurian cavalry. However, in fact, due to the lack of economic conditions, it was finally adjusted to 30,000 in the fifth brigade in the northeast, 50,000 in the nine brigades in Zhili, and one brigade in Mongolia and Manchuria.

When he thought of this, Guangxu felt a headache and was still short of money. So he naturally glanced at Yan Jingming.

When Yan Jingming heard Xu Geng mentioned the issue of training, he knew that the emperor would definitely think of himself immediately and took the initiative to step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the issue of public bond issuance mentioned before involves bank credit and other matters. Recently, with the joint guarantee of the 13 bills in Shanxi, the four bills in Zhili, the seven bills in Jiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, and the seven bills in Huishang, it is planned to establish the "Imperial Central Bank" to rely on this bank to issue public bonds. After calculations and on the insurance policy, the first bill is planned to issue 5 million taels of silver, with a statute of limitations of three years, and the second bill will be discussed according to the situation."

Guangxu knew that finance was very terrifying, and it would affect the whole body with one blow, and hasteness would not be achieved. Although the first government bond was only five million taels of silver, which seemed very small, if it succeeded, it would strengthen the confidence of the private party to purchase government bonds and at the same time establish the credit of the court. In this way, the issuance of new government bonds can be smooth sailing.

Then he said: "The Ministry of Revenue has worked hard for this matter, but the name of the Imperial Central Bank is not very nice. It is better to use Western France and change it to the Central Bank. The amount of the first public bond should not be too large, so that more people can accept it. In addition, regarding the institution of the "Central Bank", I think the Ministry of Revenue should learn from the Western countries and turn it into a real "bank"!"

Yan Jingming said: "Abide by the order!"

After dealing with many things in one breath, Guangxu was also exhausted, so he waved his hand and said, "Is there anything else?"

Prince Chun stepped forward and said, "Prince, regarding the wedding matter..."

"Stop!" Guangxu interrupted, "I'll talk about this later. Do you have any other important things in your affairs?"

When the other ministers saw that the princes were eager to try, they could not say anything at this time, even if they had something to do, Guangxu saw that no one was talking, and shook his head and said, "Okay, the princes stay, and other ministers should go and do the job."

After the other ministers left, Yihuan said again: "Your Majesty, the wedding can no longer be delayed!"

Regarding the Guangxu wedding, some ministers have mentioned it since the emperor took power. At the beginning, China and France were fighting and the emperor was still young, so it was put on hold. After the Sino-French War, there were royal families and princes who mentioned it, and they were all rejected by the emperor as young. After the twelve years of Guangxu, because several princes jointly submitted a letter, Guangxu finally agreed to hold the wedding in the thirteenth year, but it was stranded because of the breaking of the Yellow River and the war with the Tibetan border. To this day, the emperor is nineteen years old and can no longer be delayed.

It’s a pity that Guangxu really doesn’t want to get married. Since he realized that he was reincarnated, Guangxu has been looking forward to having a happy and fulfilling life. Of course, this includes a married life of sexual happiness. But as he grows up, the government is becoming more and more. Guangxu is busy and dizzy every day, so how can he have the chance to fall in love like an ordinary young man? Even the poor emperor has not even gone out of the imperial city yet. I haven’t seen the beauty in the world yet, so you just let me get married. Isn’t that a fuss!

However, the ministers of the king and the ministers were polite: Since ancient times, governing the world requires the yin and yang to govern, just like the officials of the court are divided into civil and military affairs, and the system in the palace is divided into Qian and Kun, which is the great way. Therefore, the emperor's wedding is a major event in the world, and it is related to the issue of the imperial court's survival and ruling. Yes, if you don't get married, how can you have children?

I delayed the first day of the lunar month, but not the fifteenth day of the lunar month. Anyway, there is no limit on monogamy now. At most, I get married first and fall in love later. Guangxu also took it openly, and at least I saved two of them first, which could be considered as blocking the conversations of these people.

"Okay, I didn't delay it either. The country was in trouble before, and you also know that how did you let me get married at that time? Okay, tell me, what, I'll listen."

When Yihuan saw this attitude, the naughty child was obviously passively resisting. He couldn't care about so much. "Prince, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Zongren Mansion have done some preparations, and the girls from all over the country have been selected."

When Guangxu heard this, he said, oh, after he finished choosing, you told me that this was clearly a feudal arranged marriage.

How to decide the emperor's wedding? Hehe, of course it's a national audition. The conditions are, beautiful, gentle and virtuous, versatile? No, no, you think too much, there are only two conditions: in the flag, no disability.

As for appearance, it depends on luck.

The organizer of the audition is the Ministry of Revenue, and the contestants are women from 13 to 16 years old, healthy and disabled. Competition location: Imperial Garden, Jingyixuan and other places in Beijing.

In fact, the talent show hosted by the Ministry of Revenue is not just for the emperor. The talent show of the Ministry of Revenue is to select a show girl in the banner every three years. In addition to "preparing the position of the inner court" for the emperor, the selector is also for other relatives, princes and relatives, and sons of princes.

Look, this is depressed. The emperor is so busy that he has no time to care about this. But those princes and princes are different. Their descendants rely on their father's guise to do nothing all day long, and they are bullying men and women. Who has a beautiful girl in this family has long been missed by them, and it is the emperor's turn. The last one left is the emperor. You think how many beautiful people can be found? This is the primary election. If there is a queen, it will be even more overwhelming. The concubines in the harem must be determined. Do you think that woman will find beautiful people to be with the emperor and share her favor?

The two criteria for the selection revealed by the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were: one was morality and the other was family status. Looks unimportant. If a beautiful woman was as beautiful as a flower, there was a danger that the emperor would indulge in women's beauty and jealousy in the harem. Therefore, since ancient times, only the foolish monarchs had beautiful concubines because they did not worry about national affairs and just spent time thinking about this. The wise monarchs were basically "big and long-term".

Thinking of this, Guangxu was in a state of slight mood and said lightly, "Then set a date to bring the beautiful girl into the palace, and ask the concubine Lihuang Gui, and the princes and concubines to choose with me."

Emperor Xianfeng had more than two wives, Ci'an and Cixi died, but there were others. Among them, the highest-ranking concubine was the Imperial Concubine Zhuang Jing.

The Tashala family was a palace envoy in the first year of Xianfeng and was named Li Guiren; on December 24, the fourth year of Xianfeng, Li Concubine; on the seventh day of the fifth year of Xianfeng, Princess Rong'an Gulun was born on the seventh day of the fifth year of Xianfeng, and was promoted to Concubine Li. Later, Emperor Tongzhi honored Concubine Li as the Concubine Li Gui on the grounds that Concubine Li "served the Emperor Kao for a year and gave birth to the eldest princess". In the Guangxu Dynasty, just last year, Emperor Guangxu honored Concubine Li as the Concubine Li on the grounds that Concubine Li "served Emperor Wenzong Xian and praised Shushen".

Since the emperor has made his statement, no matter whether it is true or false, the matter must be heard quickly. Yihuan and the princes received the order and did not mention it.

In the spring of the fifteenth year of the Guangxu period, the Forbidden City and the Hall.
Chapter completed!