Chapter 102: Heaven Collapse 2
Whether it was Jiergalang or Fan Wencheng, their thoughts were simply impossible to predict for Chen Wen, who was far away in Jiangxi. Tianlai Novel.|2 captured the bastion, Chen Wen waited for Sun Yu in Guangxin Mansion for a few days before setting off for Nanchang to take charge.
From late May to the present, during this period, the advance troops sent by Chen Wen have recovered the six prefectures of Nanchang, Nankang, Jiujiang, Ruizhou, Linjiang and Yuanzhou.
At the same time, Zhang Zisheng and An Youfu, the troops heading south, also recovered Fuzhou Prefecture and Jiankang Prefecture. Among them, Jiankang Prefecture was Zhang Zisheng's main base in Jiangxi. In the fifth year of Yongli, he would have been almost wiped out by the Qing army in Dajueyan, Luxi County. If it weren't for the fact that Wang Zhigang, the general of Fujian left, suddenly retreated and rushed to Zhejiang to act as a firefighter, his life would have been explained there.
This time, the old brothers who killed the Tartars together in Jiangxi were revisited. The other two who were called the four major bandits of Jiangxi by the Qing court were killed by the Qing army in Shaowu a few years ago. Only he could survive when he joined the Ming army in Zhejiang, and returned to his hometown. This feeling of being touched by the scene is really something that ordinary people can understand.
In addition, the troops that were dispatched in the end, Nantangying and Chun'anying, also recovered Raozhou Prefecture east of Poyang Lake without any blood. This prefecture is not very famous now, but on the one hand, Raozhou is close to Huizhou and Chizhou in the southwest of Jiangnan. On the other hand, Jingdezhen, the most famous in Jiangxi, later generations, was in the territory of the county called Fuliang, the northernmost part of this prefecture.
There are thirteen prefectures in Jiangxi Province. In just one month, Chen Wen's army blossomed from all directions and had recovered as many as ten. Although there were still some counties that were slightly remote from the prefecture city, with the surrender or escape of the Qing army in various places, these territories can be regarded as occupied areas of the Ming army in Zhejiang. Sun Yu came here to manage these prefectures.
"Zizhi Tongjian" once wrote: The key to governing is to employ people.
With most of Jiangxi in hand, we must first select a governor to preside over the overall situation of civil affairs. This is the key among the key.
Nowadays, the specific situation in Jiangxi Province is not very clear, but it is nothing more than the Qing army's sharp population decline, a large amount of land abandoned in the process of massacre of the city and the suppression of local anti-Qing armed forces. Some are also tyrannical taxes, officials, green camp exploitation, and robbery of local areas. Therefore, Chen Wen is more willing to let Sun Yu be responsible for this new occupied area. The government in Zhejiang has been operating for many years, and sending individual agents will not affect the governance. For example, Wang Jiang is a good candidate.
Originally, Chen Wen had made a decision, but he only had to tell Sun Yu that he could issue an order if he had no objections. He was even ready to submit a memorial, but Sun Yu raised different opinions on this.
"Fu Ren, are you in a hurry to attack Hangzhou?"
"Why do you say this?"
As soon as he said that, Chen Wen immediately understood Sun Yu’s thoughts.
His prestige in the Ming army in Zhejiang was unmatched. In terms of civil affairs, Sun Yu has been a governor, or a real and unknown governor for many years. All the officials in Zhejiang came from his subordinates. Sun Yu is Chen Wen's most loyal and important political ally, so he can naturally feel at ease in the local area, but if Sun Yu turns to take charge of Jiangxi, Chen Wen has to return to Zhejiang to take charge.
There is no way. With the development of the reform, the Ming army and the government of Zhejiang have gained greater strength while accumulating more opponents. Only Chen Wen or Sun Yu can suppress these people, and others, such as the weak-hearted former governor of Zhejiang, are afraid that it will be difficult to compete with.
However, after recently recovering a large area of land in Jiangxi, Chen Wen obviously wanted to stay in Jiangxi for his military deterrence, so that local administration can be carried out. The two are the worst. If Sun Yu comes to preside over the plan for Jiangxi's civil affairs, he can say goodbye.
Fei Ge sent a letter, Wang Jiang was already on the way to Jiangxi, while the civil servants brought by Sun Yu and the military officers sent by the martial arts school set off first. As a result, there were thousands of garrisons recently trained in the recruit training camp. They would use spears to ensure the smooth and safe governance of civil servants and military officers!
While leaving, Chen Wen was not idle. The further adjustment of the military system and the research and manufacturing of supporting links such as weapons and equipment were also put on the agenda. However, the time was still short, and the province of Jiangxi was far from completely recovered, so we can only make some plans for the time being.
However, there is a work that is indeed in progress, which is reflected in the appetites of relevant people, which seems a bit annoying.
According to the report of the military supervisor, the chefs in charge of the wounded and sick center said that these days, due to the great victory of the Ming army and the expected gains, the wounded have a good mentality, which is reflected in their appetite. However, the other group of people in the wounded and sick center, the military doctors, are far from that good appetite. They eat very little every day, and sometimes they vomit or retching after eating. Some boring people say that it is like being pregnant with a child.
It is unscientific for men to get pregnant. Behind this phenomenon is the observations of these military doctors since the beginning of Lingchi, and the dissection of some corpses these days. They have to constantly study and draw maps every day, and often take out some internal organs to check, which makes it strange that they can eat.
In fact, these military doctors did not have no objection to this, nor did they oppose studying the internal structure of the human body so that they could better treat injuries in the future. It was just that according to ancient Chinese tradition, destroying other people's corpses was a serious crime and they were not very acceptable.
After all, this is not the era when Kong Lao Er was kicked down and stepped on it ten thousand times. Chen Wen can understand this, but I feel that some of the rhetorics on the Internet in later generations can be used now.
"The saint said that barbarians and beasts are also the corpses of livestock can be dissected, why are these beasts covered in human skins not allowed?"
As the Duke of the State, the military doctors had no choice but to accept the poisonous milk silently and use the Qing army's corpses for dissection and study according to Chen Wen's instructions. However, as a compromise, those corpses that contributed to science can also obtain organs, wounds return to their positions and repair, and be buried with coffins, and be marked. They are not like other Qing army corpses, which are directly buried. The family will not find who they are when they pick up bones in the future.
Although this is still an era of building bridges and paving roads without bones, killing and setting fire to gold belts, punishing evil and promoting good is also a tradition and virtue of China. The Ming army in Zhejiang has always acted in this way, which is inevitably reflected in the treatment of prisoners, even if this kind of good is passive, or even begins after death. Of course, from this matter alone, it is also a kind of compromise and compensation for another tradition.
"Zhao Daotai, Wu Fuzun, Deputy General Kang, please get up."
Chen Wen called their original official positions, but unexpectedly, these three guys looked frightened and said they were guilty of death.
"Get up and talk, my country's Duke doesn't like to watch people kneel down."
I really don’t like watching people kneel, I like to see those who are lying down - those who are dead.
Seeing that Chen Wen's face was tense, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up. However, this inward slander was only dared to be in their hearts. After all, this murderous devil should look like a devil, and being so polite just now made them feel uneasy.
The three officials stood up and saw Chen Wen wave his hand and dared not not sit down. They sat down like when they were serving Shangguan. All of this was seen in Chen Wen's eyes, but he was not interested in correcting them, let alone that time.
"When Yiwu Bo sent three to Nanchang, he also submitted a document to his Duke, saying that in the process of the royal army recovering Yuanzhou Prefecture, the three were extremely cooperative and not those stubborn people. His Duke said that those who surrendered to the royal army were exempted from death. What are your plans in the future? You can tell your Duke that those who speak are not guilty."
Chen Wen knew about these three people, some of which were from Wu Dengke's letters, some were reports from the Military Information Department, and some of them were originally known by Chen Wen, but he didn't expect to see them here.
Hearing this, the three of them quickly stood up and gave Chen Wen a new etiquette of thanking him before they sat down again. Then Zhao Jinmei took the lead in speaking.
"Students dare not have too many delusions. Their parents are still in their hometown and only want the Duke of the State to throw the student into prison. The student is willing to serve the Duke of the State in prison."
Chen Wen was stunned at first, but when he thought about it carefully, it was normal. Zhao Jinmei was from Yidu, Shandong, and a local prodigy. He was a Jinshi in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. He often wrote some zajus and poems. According to Chen Wen's aides, he wrote very well. However, since this person was from Shandong, he was probably worried that his family would be like this.
"Mr. Zhao is a talented man, and his country's Duke is eager to seek talent, but if he harms Mr. Zhao's parents and relatives, it is definitely not what he wants. In this case, his country's Duke will mention this matter with Governor Wang, and he will make proper arrangements."
Before coming, they had some knowledge of the Ming army in Zhejiang. The Governor Wang mentioned by Chen Wen could not be someone else. He would only be the former Governor Wang Jiang who returned to the Ming army in Zhejiang a few months ago. Wang Jiang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Chen Wen could spend a lot of effort to rescue him, and it was once and twice in a row, which shows that he still values friendship. Zhao Jinmei's strange requests can also be recognized by Chen Wen, which is even more evident.
"Donald Xie Guogong is polite, and the sinners will do their best to serve the court."
Everyone is raised by their parents. If they want to seek a career, they can even ignore their parents. Chen Wen dares not feel at ease when using this kind of person. However, working in prison is a blessing for this prodigy to think of it.
Zhao Jinmei sat down with satisfaction and sat down again with her butt on the edge. Chen Wen turned his gaze to Wu Nandai. The Yuanzhou prefect had a very good official reputation in Yuanzhou. He heard that he was coming to meet Chen Wen. Many local people gave him a visit, and even begged the Ming army to tell Chen Wen about the good things he had done in Yuanzhou that he was indeed a rare person.
"Mr. Wu serves as an official and benefits the people. It is rare for him to be like this in this era, especially in the officialdom of the Tartars."
"The Duke of the Kingdom praised it." Wu Nandai stood up and saluted, and then said: "The student is the same as Mr. Zhao's request, and I hope the Duke of the Kingdom can agree."
Wu Nandai was a native of Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture. He was a Jinshi in Shunzhi for six years and was transferred to the prefect of Yuanzhou last year. The reason why he was praised by local gentry and people in Yuanzhou was very simple because he submitted a memorial to the Qing court for cutting off the floating grain in Yuanzhou Prefecture. To put it bluntly, it was a reduction of unreasonable taxes.
As for this person's name, Chen Wen has long heard of it. In the popular novel "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", which was born decades later, there is a very famous story called "Rouge". In which the prototype of the prefect who sought justice for E Qiujun was misjudged by Su Jie was this person, and he had not even changed his name. In the end, Xuezheng Shi Runzhang, who made the truth clear, was the author Pu Songling's teacher.
This story is very interesting, so Chen Wen remembered the name. However, he was another person who wanted to work for him in prison, but Chen Wen suddenly felt absurd. Of course, Wu Nandai is from Changzhou and a fellow villager of Qian Qianyi. It is much closer to Shandong. As long as he works hard, this gentleman probably won't be able to stay in prison for long.
After solving the problem of two civil servants, Chen Wencai turned to the general. Unexpectedly, this man fell to the ground all at once, saying that he wanted to die as Chen Wenxiao.
The general is different from the civil servants. He has no way to help the case in prison. The general’s family is in Yuanzhou and his hometown does not have much concern. However, there are no concerns in this aspect, but there are not other aspects.
"The sinner was a general in Guangxin Mansion a few years ago and had some interactions with Pingjiang Bo..."
The intersection is nice. To put it bluntly, Kang Shisheng once surrounded and suppressed Zhang Zisheng when he was in office as a general of Guangxin Mansion. It is impossible for the two to have no grudges. Now Zhang Zisheng is very useful under Chen Wen's command, so Kang Shisheng is naturally afraid of settlement in the future, so he will inevitably ask Chen Wen for an explanation.
After appeased the general, he agreed to make peace with him and Zhang Zisheng. As far as Chen Wen knew, Zhang Zisheng hated the most now is the Fujian Admiral Yang Minggao and Fujian Left General Wang Zhigang. These two nosy Fujian Green Camp generals ran to Jiangxi to make trouble, which directly led to the capture and death of Jie Chongxi, Cao Dahao, Hong Guoyu and others. They were deeply hatred like the sea. As for Kang Shisheng, he didn't even mention half of the verbal words. It seemed that the little filth between the two was just that.
As soon as we met several waves of local surrendered civil and military officials, some wanted to return to their hometowns, and some wanted to retain them. Like Zhao Jinmei, they really came up with strange people who wanted to serve Chen Wen in the prison. This made Chen Wen have to suspect that the Qing court might be a cage, so they were so cold and unhappy.
After watching the last wave, Chen Wen stretched, but there was still one in his plan today that he needed to meet, and he also arranged the longest time to meet this acquaintance.
Chapter completed!