Lord of Ming Dynasty

And the exquisite, unimitable Huaxia yuan even circulated to the Yongli court in the southwest, went deep into the mountains, and reached as far as the remote Western Regions. On the sea, Zheng Chenggong has a large amount of Huaxia yuan reserves in his hands, which are used to trade with the Huaxia army. Japan Various big names have also appeared in many places to believe that Huaxia Yuan is more trustworthy than gold and silver currencies.

After the Huaxia Army completed the transformation of Fujian and Jiangxi, nowhere has become a safe area. Nanming Kingdom and Baodao have become what the Huaxia Army considers a red area, and the border counties bordering the Qing Army have become a red area. It has become a yellow area. It used to be only the core area of ​​the Huaxia Army, but several prefectures were green areas. Jinhua Mansion used to be a red area, and there was no yellow area at all. Now Jinhua Mansion has expanded this area to cover three provinces. All the areas are green and safe areas, and the yellow area is just a simple line of isolation belts in the county government behind the red areas where the troops are stationed on the banks of the Yangtze River.

I believe that in the near future, the Yangtze River Plenum will become a safe green area and the heartland of China.

This kind of situation and economic trend has made Huaxia's fiscal revenue increase year by year. Even though the expenditure is getting bigger and bigger, it will not affect the increase of Huaxia's fiscal revenue in the slightest.

In one year, Huaxia Kingdom's financial revenue has achieved a real profit, reaching a scale of [-] million Huaxia Yuan.

Affected by the Huaxia Kingdom, a large amount of gold and silver was lost on the Qing army's territory, and the population was lost. The Huaxia Yuan was actually more valuable than those silver notes on the Qing army's territory, and it was more trustworthy. money.

Due to the need to maintain military pressure on the Huaxia Army, the Qing Army continued to recruit troops and send them to places where they confronted the Huaxia Army. As a result, the population and young people of the Qing Dynasty quickly disappeared. The economy of many places collapsed, uprisings continued, and bandits ran rampant. Now that you want to do business with the Qing Dynasty, even the caravans smuggled by the Huaxia Army dare not go casually, because maybe the Qing Army can’t catch them, but the rebels along the road, anyway, and bandits will give them to the caravans. Serious damage to profits and losses.

And the support to Chahar Mongolia had to be interrupted. Jin Qi took his troops back to China completely a month ago. After resettlement, reorganization, and training, three months later, his cavalry troops Herdsmen and horse bandits will become soldiers in the newly-built cavalry brigade of the Huaxia Army.

While Jin Qi went to Baodao City for support temporarily, Tang Dianfeng was transferred back to serve as the brigade commander of the [-]rd Guards Brigade, and He Jin handed over Guangzhou Mansion to Chen Hanhui for management after completing the task entrusted to him by Zhang Qiang. There was Xuanyuan Longfei, and he succeeded Tang Dianfeng as the Baozhong Mansion of Baodao. The name of Baozhong City was too advanced. Zhang Qiang changed the name of Baozhong City to Baozhong Mansion, and asked He Jin to manage the place and transferred back after completing the task. Jin Qi's partner broke up the combination he had partnered with You Haibo for many years.

Although he was not promoted to an official position, he was awarded several medals by Zhang Qiang. His qualifications and honor in the Huaxia Army were no less than that of Wei Wuji, Zhou Porridge and others.

Jin Qi was promoted to the rank of General Soldier, and several medals were issued in recognition of his achievements on the Mongolian grasslands.

As for the Chahar Mongols, let them go. After all, the Qing army is still very strong wherever it is. Due to the continuous increase in the military strength of the Qing army, mainly due to the continuous increase of the Han army, the Qing army has no way out from Nachahar Mongols. , They have already beaten them badly. Jin Qi has been away from the Huaxia Army for too long. Zhang Qiang transferred him back to let him return to the Huaxia Army. Where he is, he will no longer pose a great threat to the Qing Army.

After all, the Mongols and the Jurchen Jinren are actually in the same line, and their war will not last long. Dividing and reunifying is a common thing. Chahar Mongols already have the intention of seeking peace with other Mongols.

So Jin Qi's work has become difficult. Since this is the case, Zhang Qiang can only transfer him back. Supporting them is the only thing that the Huaxia Army is still doing now, and it is suffering serious losses.

The clearly defined factions and territories have made it difficult for the Huaxia Army to transport resources to them through the vast land passages and obtain Mongolian war horses and other resources.

The Huaxia Army has achieved self-sufficiency in war horses. After several years of raising horses, the Huaxia Army's horse farms have been able to produce a large number of war horses, and there is no need to transport them from the grassland.

Now it is either that one battle will determine the world, or else there will be more chaos after the First World War, and the Huaxia Army will be weakened or attacked, depending on this battle between the Huaxia Army and the Qing Army.

The Qing army has gathered millions of troops and deployed along the Yangtze River. The Mongolian cavalry, the elite soldiers of the Qing army, the loyal soldiers of the Han army banner, the Han green battalion troops, and a large number of newly recruited troops, the total strength is three times that of the Huaxia army. .

In the southwest, after the failure of the battle with the Portuguese Allied Forces, the army of the Nanming Kingdom is also rapidly expanding, and now it has 30 troops, with 1 firearms troops armed with Huaxia Army's gold reform [-] matchlock guns and trained by the Huaxia Army. At the same time, after more than a dozen battles with Jierhalang and Mangurtai's Qing army, they trained a large number of emerging generals and elite soldiers of the Ming army.

The Nanming Kingdom is no longer what it used to be.

The remaining soldiers and generals of the Nanming Kingdom who fought against the Portuguese allied forces were part of it.

The [-] Nanming army led by Su Zhengqing and the Nanming army led by Feng Shuangli also fought several battles with Kong Youde's army who took the opportunity to invade. A stalemate like the coalition forces.

And Li Dingguo's side is getting stronger and stronger. With the support of the Huaxia Army, their troops have increased rapidly, and they have gathered many soldiers from the defeated chieftain army. They have super troublesome troops like elephants and crossbowmen. Sun Kewang, who was not good at firearms warfare, retreated from Yunnan and Guizhou in great strides, and handed over the territory to Li Dingguo's Yongli Ming Army.

Even with Wu Sangui, a plug-in character and army transferred from Ganshan, he could only have some territory on the border of Guizhou Prefecture, but he could not own a large amount of territory and population in Guizhou Prefecture again.

Li Dingguo took the opportunity to counterattack Sishan Mansion and occupied a lot of territory in Sishan Mansion. In the southwest, the Qing army had no time to take care of it and could only retreat in great strides.

The Qing army was pinned on the opposite side of the Huaxia army, and there were no time to take care of many places. Although Chahar was not as fast as it was a few years ago, it was still lingering, and the other Mongolian kings who had lost blood for many years were also secretly wounded. When Hal made such a fuss, the Mongols had to fight each other, help the Qing army fight, and deal with the Chahar Mongols, which made the entire Mongolian grasslands full of mourning.

At this time, Zhang Qiang received a message that a tribe named Yaerqiang Mongols had risen on the grasslands and developed rapidly. Soldiers deal with it.

Chapter 4 Thirteen

Yarkand country, what?

Zhang Qiang asked Zhou Congee, Zhou Congee shook his head, "Governor, I am so busy with government affairs all day, I am so dizzy, I don't have time to learn about the wild and desolate country thousands of miles away. You are in the southeast corner during this time." The fight with the Portuguese was so dark that I couldn’t sleep just worrying about it. I couldn’t sleep for a few days and nights. I just wanted to move, and there was a message from the other side that you solved the Portuguese. You came back this time to play with yours The army understands the sentiments of the people and doesn't know my suffering."

"Hehehe, it's time to work. There are not many people who can rest assured. I can only let you do the work. Aren't there still a few ministers in the cabinet? Let the subordinates do what you need to do. It doesn't need to be so tiring. "

Zhang Qiang said to Zhou Porridge with a smile.

"Several ministers, they quarrel all day long, they will quarrel, and I have to make a decision. Sometimes, they quarrel with each other. I am a person with limited knowledge, how can I drop my book bag with them, Don't you know, they are all great Confucian scholars in the world, and I haven't spoken at this level yet, they are sure to stop me with a word, or the governor, you can take care of it yourself for a few days, and experience my life as a prime minister? Zhou Congee said to Zhang Qiang, full of bitterness.

"I also have four or five departments that need to be managed. All day long, I am still thinking about major policies, mastering the strategic direction of the Huaxia Army and other major matters. How can I have time to take care of your specific matters." Zhang Qiang also said helplessly.

"Why don't you assign me a few more people to share my work?" Zhou Congee put forward his opinion.

"Didn't you have two deputy prime ministers to help you manage the cabinet?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Zhou Congee was immediately filled with righteous indignation and anger, "What kind of deputy prime minister, one was made a feudal official by you, became a state official, and commanded a province, and the other was made to inspect various places by you, or led the army to manage logistics. That's the deputy prime minister, and the governor is about the same. You are high-ranking and low-ranking. Besides, their level still can't solve many things, and they can't help me at all. I have to decide on the things they share. What's the situation?"

Zhang Qiang felt that the situation was getting serious, but he couldn't do anything after thinking about it for a long time. He didn't have the corresponding talents here.

What is most important in the 21st century is talent.

This phenomenon not only happened in the cabinet civilian group, but also in the army of generals. His 23 field brigades, three guard brigades, and six naval fleets were actually not fully equipped. The chief officers of other departments serve concurrently, and one person serves two purposes, or three purposes. Many military chief officers are promoted from professional officers and elite soldiers who he has personally trained. , but if they are promoted to command envoys, it will be a bit embarrassing. If they are promoted to generals, then they will be rushed to the shelves, and the field brigade will become a garrison brigade, and they will not be able to fully demonstrate the responsibilities of the departments they lead.

This is a very serious phenomenon, and it is also a bottleneck restricting the development of the Huaxia Army.

It only covers three and a half provinces, so this kind of problem is quite serious. If you own the whole south, then all kinds of problems will be even more serious, and you may be out of your control, then the Huaxia Army will be scattered and things will happen. More problems, degeneration, and chaos, the Huaxia Army is not far from failure.

"Why don't you let Zhu Dadian come back?" Zhou Porridge asked cautiously.

Before Zhang Qiang could answer, Zhou Porridge said again: "Although Zhu Dadian is greedy about money, he has quite sophisticated techniques and methods in the management of the household department, the raising of money, and the handling of some matters. He can always get things done. Satisfactory, everyone is satisfied."

"Zhu Dadian is back? What are you doing?" Zhu Dadian is Zhang Qiang's backlash, and it's really hard to control him. That person is really an old man, even Zhang Qiang can't control him.

"As the deputy prime minister, Du Ge is the leader who leads the army and manages the logistics. His level is quite limited. It's almost enough to be a minister of the Ministry of war. To handle the relationship between all parties, you need an old man like the Ming Dynasty. The deputy prime minister can only help The prime minister handles the problem without getting too involved in the management below. He is separated from a few cabinet ministers who are also old-fashioned. You and Zhu Dadian, and I have such a delicate relationship with Zhu Dadian, and they always let him go. Guarding the tea garden in Wuyi Mountain is not an option, either?"

"You, you—" Zhang Qiang pointed at Zhou Porridge, and he understood what Zhou Porridge meant.

Zhou Porridge immediately knelt down in fear, "The governor's forgiveness, it's not that Zhu Dadian begged me, but I feel sorry for the Patriarch. He is in the prime of his career, so don't be sorry, and he can help the governor solve many things. In the future, let the Ministry of Supervision guard him more strictly."

Zhang Qiang stood up and helped Zhou Porridge up, "Old Zhou, there is no need to do this in the future. I said that the Huaxia Army does not believe in kneeling and worshiping. You scare me like this."

Anyway, the two of them sat down again, and then Zhang Qiang tapped his fingers on the table and said, "It's fine, since you speak for him like this, let him come back, just as you said, let him be the deputy prime minister, he still has the ability Yes, there is still some loyalty and backbone to Daming, people, there are always some hobbies, but greed will destroy him, and it will also destroy our foundation, you have to make this clear to him.”

"Thank you for your success, Chief Governor," Zhou Porridge said respectfully.

"Well, let him come back, and Du Ge will come back, and the tenth brigade will be handed over to Lin Chengcheng. He has to take care of so many prisoners, and the punishment battalion is getting more and more courageous. You send more people we trained. Officials went to the punishment camp to help Lin Chenggong, Lin Chenggong is a talented person, at least he has done a good job as the director of the punishment camp, we can't let some officials make mistakes, so we send more people to help him." Zhang Qiang road.

Zhou Porridge is quite comfortable with Zhang Qiang's way of talking and jumping to other things. After all, the two of them have cooperated for so long, and everyone knows each other.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, Du Ge came back to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War. Oh, no, it should be the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of War. Does the Governor-General want him to take over the Ministry of War? How will Fang Yizhi arrange it?"

Zhang Qiang said: "Fang Yizhi, although he has high knowledge, but his actual experience as an official, especially the experience and experience of the low-level officials of our Huaxia Army is insufficient. You Haibo has already gone down to serve as a state official. There are only two state officials in our three states, but if he is promoted to a higher state official position in one step, I am afraid that he will not be able to adapt.

You know that a state government governs such a county, and there is no one who has experienced official training and is familiar with our official methods. It is difficult to adapt to the work below.

Let him go to the county below to be a magistrate first, and then be promoted to magistrate in a few months. If he does a good job and can adapt, he will be promoted to a state official. The newly recovered half of the provinces and states need such people To manage, you can't always be under the jurisdiction of generals, that will cause problems. "

"You have to make this point clear to him. It's not that he's demoted. It's that our manpower is insufficient and our talent reserves are insufficient. Let him go down to the county magistrate for some experience and then be promoted. He is going to be a feudal official. , let him not worry about it."

Zhou Porridge thought about it, and asked, "Where should he go to be the county magistrate?"

"Let's go to the Huizhou Prefecture near Jinling. Where it is close to the front line, it can help Xiao Fei and Ma Hansan handle some government affairs. It can be regarded as a help to those generals. Good job, promoted to the prefect of Huizhou Prefecture. If you can't do it well, After a year, we should transfer him back to the center and let him study."