Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Dayou rolled his eyelids, looked at Zhang Qiang, saw Zhang Qiang's embarrassed look, and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency doesn't want to see this person, I can just send him to another place."

Zhang Qiang shook his head, "Bring him to see me, by the way, what's his name?"

Zhu Dayou said: "He claims to be the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the supervisor of the army, the Minister of the Military Department of the Longwu Dynasty, Jin Sheng, and the word Chibi."

Zhang Qiang thought about it for a while, he seemed to have an impression of this person, "Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, Hanlin Shujishi, a talented person, the leader of the Huizhou Rebel Army, I heard that he died last year, was killed by Hong Chengchou, and died in Nanjing, He followed in the footsteps of Emperor Hongguang, but after thinking about it, Tian Weicheng said that Emperor Hongguang was not dead, but hid, so it is reasonable for a dead leader of the rebel army, a scholar and civil servant of the Ming Dynasty, to not die."

"Please come in." Zhang Qiang waved his hand.

An old man with a slender figure, a fair complexion, and gray hair on his temples walked in, wearing a Confucian square scarf, a blue robe, a ribbon around his waist, and a long sword.

As soon as they met, he immediately cupped his hands and said: "Master Zhang, please come here, and please forgive me."

Zhang Qiang stood up, walked a few steps, cupped his hands and said, "Wuyi County guard Zhang Qiang has seen Master Jin."

Zhu Dayou led a bodyguard to move a grand master's chair, Zhang Qiang pointed to the chair and said, "Lord Jin, please sit down, come, serve tea."

After finishing speaking, he said to Jin Sheng: "Master Jin, I don't know how to come to my humble house, what advice do you have?" Zhang Qiang said as he retreated to his chair, sat down generously, and looked at the golden body with a smile .

Jin Sheng tilted his head slightly, his eyes were a little lonely, he was a little self-deprecating, he took a rest, and said in a helpless voice: "Master Zhang, this old man has heard that Master Zhang defeated the Qing army many times with a single force and captured many generals of the Qing army. , beheaded Ruan Dacheng, Chen Jia and others who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, held high the banner of anti-Qing, and maintained the stability of the place, so they came here to join you, and please take them in."

As he said that, he stood up, faced Zhang Qiang, and knelt down. Zhang Qiang was so frightened that he immediately got up to avoid it. To be honest, if he had just crossed over, he would not have cared about these so-called officials of the Ming Dynasty. , Tsundere nerds, wage earners, have hundreds of years more experience and hundreds of years of historical knowledge than you, even if I am just a person at the bottom of society, I still have a sense of superiority over these people.

But since he was so busy recently, seeing bandits and bandits in his territory, all the troops were busy suppressing bandits, settling refugees, or dealing with trivial matters, he suddenly realized that he raised his hand in such a situation At a loss, I had to let go of my arrogance, reflect on myself, and found that my ability to deal with these situations was still too young, and my subordinates were worse than myself. They were all low-level people who didn't know how to deal with these things at all.

So he knew that even those so-called useless scholars and officials who later generations complained about are better than himself. To be an official and appease the people, he needs these people. What he lacks is these people. A Jinshi of the Chongzhen Dynasty, a Ming official who once served as an imperial envoy and led the rebel army against the Qing army, felt that this was a treasure.

Now everyone knows that the rebel army is at best a group of peasants with swords and swords. They have no ability to rule the country, and no one is optimistic about the future of these people. , not even as good as the peasant rebels who have been famous for many years, or the rogue team who have been strangers, but they still lack strength and legitimacy, and people don't trust them.

That's why Zhang Qiang also posted an Anmin notice, and at the same time called on some scholars from the Ming Dynasty to become officials. Up to now, no one has responded, not even speculators, for more than a month.

"Lord Jin, you've killed the subordinate official. With your ability, it's fine to come, so you still need to kneel down to the lower official?" Zhang Qiang stepped forward to help him up.

Chapter 71 Appointing officials and envoys

The two sides sat down again, and Zhang Qiang asked: "Master Jin, with your official voice and credit, no matter whether you go to the Longwu court or the Yongli court, you are a high-ranking official and rich salary. Why do you come to my little Jinhua mansion?"

Jin Sheng sighed, "To tell the truth, Mr. Zhang, I really want to go to the Longwu court. Over the past year, outsiders have said that I am dead. Indeed, I have already died, and the righteous man who resisted the Qing Dynasty has already died. Now it’s just a walking corpse who is struggling to survive. Now there is no official body, just the head of the family, just a father. In order to survive for his son and wife, the villain has to go to Mr. Zhang and ask Mr. Zhang to give the grass people a bowl. Eat and do anything."

Zhang Qiang saw his somewhat helpless expression. He was sitting on a chair, looking a little hunched, and the gray hair on his temples was telling that he had changed from a so-called anti-Qing righteous man to an ordinary commoner, a man for The family, the old man struggling to make a living.

But Zhang Qiang couldn't treat him like a commoner. After all, he had been a high-ranking official before, even if he was not familiar with the business, he was much better than an otaku who had never even seen how to operate and how to be an official.

Jin Sheng's attitude is quite good. What he means is that I am now a commoner. If it wasn't for food, I wouldn't think of coming out to find a job again. I have no choice but to choose to come to you as a civil servant. What do you want? I can do whatever is assigned, just let me eat.

Zhang Qiang still likes such hard-working and honest employees, at least he will not be like other Ming officials, who are superior and even want him to listen to them and seize power. People find a place, kill them with a knife, and stay in the ditch, and never come out to meet people.

Hearing Jin Sheng's statement, Zhang Qiang thought for a while, "Well, after all, Mr. Jin once served as the imperial envoy and supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, and an important minister of the imperial court. I don't have any good positions for you to use your talents. If you don't mind How about being the chief envoy of the Jinhua Mansion? Take full control of civil affairs, and me, take full control of military affairs, deal with the Qing army and suppress bandits?"

Hearing the sound of Jin, he was so excited that he was about to kneel down again. Zhang Qiang ran over quickly and supported him, "Lord Jin, here I am not as courteous as in the court. They are all rural people, not as good as everything else." Let's keep it simple, just bow and salute, of course, you don't need to do this, just let's compliment each other."

Jin Sheng burst into tears immediately, and sobbed: "Your Excellency is a corporal, how can I ask Xiaomin to take care of it?" Zhang Qiang explained and comforted him, and Jin Sheng finally stopped being tired of being crooked.

The two parties sat down again, Jin Sheng said: "Since the lord entrusts you with a heavy responsibility, I will not refuse any more." Zhang Qiang waved his hand and said very coolly: "Well, you are welcome."

Jin Sheng said solemnly: "My lord, I have been walking all the way and stayed in Jinhua Mansion for a while, and found that although Jinhua Mansion was not intruded by the Qing army, there were no people living everywhere, or the people's livelihood was dying, which made people sad. Your Excellency must sort out the Jinhua Mansion as soon as possible, and turn it from war to recuperation, otherwise, our army will not be able to obtain sufficient soldiers and taxes, and it will be difficult to develop in the future."

Zhang Qiang scratched his head and said very upset: "I also want to stabilize the Jinhua Mansion, but I don't know how to do it."

Jin Sheng said: "If you want Jinhua Mansion to get out of the state of frequent wars, you have to straighten out the people first?" Zhang Qiang looked at him, "What do you mean?"

Jin Sheng held his head high and said in a melodious tone: "If you want to rule the world first, you must first rule the people, which means, sir, you must first arrange your subordinates to their suitable places, clarify their official positions, and the officials should be The management is clear, and then the things are left to them to do. Each person manages a small area. If the person cannot perform his duties, replace the officials. If the person cannot do his job well, also replace the officials. He can go wherever he can."

"Oh," Zhang Qiang understood.

"So, what should we do now?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Jin Sheng thought about it for a while, then turned his head and said to Zhang Qiang: "At present, my lord, your subordinates are all promoted by the people, and they can't achieve great things in terms of knowledge or other aspects. They can only serve as soldiers and fight. I admire your lord's leadership. military ability, but disappointed with the administration of your lord, your men are not very suitable to be officers, they need to improve."

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Master Jin, let's not talk about the military, I will take care of it, and you, I will give you full power, be your chief envoy for me, take care of civil affairs, whoever you choose to be an official, you will report to me It’s enough to prepare, the key is to do things well, if you are not satisfied with what you do, I will dismiss you.”

Jin Sheng fell silent, and immediately said, "It's my lord."

"Is there anything else to say?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Jin Sheng said: "Since my lord said so, I won't go around in circles anymore, my lord, looking at the current situation, for a long time, you will have to face the siege of the Qing court alone, but I think our official positions still need to be maintained." Adopting the official system of the Ming Dynasty, do you know if your lord agrees?"

Zhang Qiang rubbed his chin. He regarded Jinhua Mansion as his territory, and he didn't want to be the same as Da Ming. Jin Sheng seemed to understand what Zhang Qiang was thinking, and whispered: "My lord, Da Ming hasn't come to an end yet. Emperor Wu is still there, Emperor Hongguang is looming, Lu Jianguo is still sailing on the sea, and Emperor Yongli has just ascended the Great Treasure. The hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty still belong to the Ming Dynasty. If you want to be new and different, it is tantamount to pushing yourself to a dead end."

Zhang Qiang stared at him with wide eyes, but in his heart there were [-] alpacas running past. Could it be that he is really so stupid that he has let anyone see that he wants to stand on his own?

This is the case with You Haibo, and the same with Jin Sheng, this is not good.

But Zhang Qiang didn't want to compromise, "Well, let's just change the official system a little bit to adapt to our current form."

Jin Sheng stroked his chin and looked at Zhang Qiang. He no longer had the submissiveness he just came in, but the confidence and demeanor of a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty.

"How to change it?"

Zhang Qiang stood up and looked at the top of the lobby, "It is said that there should be a magistrate in Jinhua Prefecture, and I don't need it here. You can exercise the prefect's right to fully control the civil affairs on the territory under my rule. Each county still has a magistrate." , the others remain the same, but they must be omitted, and then omitted.

And I am sitting in the entire Jinhua Mansion, as well as two counties in other mansions, in charge of the military, marching and fighting, because we are not a regular army of the Ming Dynasty, so my official name is Commander Wei, but this Commander Can control the army, civilians, and officials of the whole government.You have something to report to me, but if there are other people from the court, you are the biggest and you will receive it. "

Jin Sheng said: "Well, my lord, you don't want to attract the attention of the Qing court or other forces, and you want to develop your strength silently?"

Zhang Qiang smiled at him.

Chapter 72 Reforming the Military System

After chatting briefly with Jin Sheng for a while, Jin Sheng finally said: "My lord, you are in charge of fighting at the moment. You can be an official of a local parent, and the subordinate officials also need soldiers in their hands to deal with some mobs and refugees making trouble."

Zhang Qiang also thought it made sense, but he didn't want outsiders to control the army, so he said, "There are local garrison officers in each county, and Fucheng also has garrison officials in Fucheng. Proposed to directly manage these garrison, and I will be dispatched by the adults, I don't know what the adults want?"

Jin Sheng said: "That should be the case. I don't know who your lord thinks your subordinates can take on this important task?"

This person doesn't need to think about it. With his fame as a scholar, he can still deal with civil affairs. Of course, Zhou Porridge is the one who can talk to these scholars, so he said: "Master Zhou Porridge, the county magistrate of Wuyi County and the guard, can do this job."

Jin Sheng stood up, "In this way, I can rest assured that my lord will go down to work."

The number of soldiers in this official position can be large or small, but here Zhang Qiang positions him as a force that can be commanded by a hundred households.

It doesn't take much troops to maintain the place and arrest the bandits. In normal times, it will be enough to maintain local law and order, assist civil servants in governing, and assist in defending the city in wartime. About 200 people are enough.

These people are under the direct vertical jurisdiction of the magistrates, and they are hit and used, or they are usually requested by the county magistrate to suppress refugees and bandits, and have limited participation in local affairs.

They generally only defend the county seat.

Zhang Qiang considers himself the capital, and he uses the military system of the guards of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel army, and there is no need for a formal military system for the time being, and it seems that his military system is not the same as the pure historical Ming Dynasty military system, because he is more Casually, sometimes according to reality and his own ideas, he is such a person.