In October of the 12th year of Yongli, the spring examination of the 15th year of Shunzhi, which was temporarily suspended by the rebellion of Wu Sangui, began. Perhaps because the new army showed strong combat effectiveness, the number of participants in the 12th year of Shunzhi and Enke in the 14th year of Shunzhi was higher.

"The court only has three and a half provinces in its hands, and it also needs to open a statute to obtain a statute. Where will they place new statutes in Jinshi?"

The Qing court suffered several defeats, but it still controls the territory of seven and a half provinces, namely Shaanxi, Shanxi, Zhili, Shandong, Henan, South Goryeo, North Goryeo and Huainan. Now, the most powerful vassal states in the Southern Ming Dynasty - the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang also has Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, most of Fujian and Nanzhili, and the smaller half Guangxi, which are controlled by no less than six and a half provinces.

Compared with these two giants, the Yongli court only had Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and half of Guangxi, and most of them were warlords' separatist areas, with chieftains everywhere and extremely limited output, which was completely incomparable.

The Qing court had a tradition of enrolling scholars in the imperial examinations for many years. From the division of sects by Manchu and Han people to the Eight Banners, Han people and Koreans were in the imperial examinations. The system has been formed, and with the Northern Dynasties, the number of scholars was enough to support it. In the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the number of scholars was the best in the world. Although there was no imperial examination, the system of civil servant training classes was operating for many years. After professional training and assessment, scholars went to various prefectures and counties to work. On the contrary, the Yongli court had a control area too small and there were too few scholars, and there was no place to install after the imperial examination. The system that had been operating for more than two hundred years was nowhere to be used, which was the most unlikely to happen.

"This matter cannot be done. The court held a tuition and recruited scholars, and the number of participants was not mentioned. There were many officials in the court who were not from the imperial examination, and local vassal states could not tolerate the loss of administrative power and financial power."

"King, King Jin is still here, I'm afraid this is not easy to say."

The Propaganda Department is not only the mouthpiece organization of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also takes into account the management work of the Boy Scout Academy and Nanjing University. The Yongli court opened a vocational school to select scholars, and its appeal to scholars must be greater than that of civil servant training classes. This is a tradition that has been around for thousands of years and a custom of agreement. Since Zhou Jingting controls the mouthpiece, he naturally has to consider more about this matter to minimize the losses.

However, after hearing Li Dingguo's name, Chen Wen shook his head and then said to Zhou Jingting: "It is precisely because of King Jin that those vassal states will not allow the officials sent by the court to get involved in local rights."

Hearing this, Zhou Jingting immediately looked like he suddenly realized, so that Chen Wen had the idea of ​​whether he was pretending to be stupid just now.

After Sun Kewang's death, Li Dingguo replaced his position as the head of the military generals and nobles of the Yongli court and the leader of the Ming army in the Xiying system. However, Li Dingguo's control over the Xiying was far from that of Sun Kewang.

In the past, officials from all over the country were appointed by Sun Kewang, and the Qin vassal system had more than 100,000 troops with the former army as the core. Military power, financial power, administrative power, and judicial power were all in Sun Kewang's hands. As long as they followed Yongli and the Fuming faction in Xiying, in addition to Li Dingguo, who was forced away by Sun Kewang, they would also obey Sun Kewang's orders.

But now, officials at all levels are still the ones appointed by Sun Kewang, and they are naturally disagreeable with Li Dingguo. Among the vassal states, the old Sichuan army and the former rebel army in Sichuan could almost force Liu Wenxiu, a prince like Liu, to be Bell * Wenxiu* Liu, so naturally they would not be able to obey the orders of another prince of the West.

This is the case outside, and the Xiying inside is not much better. The two leaders, Li Dingguo is the prince and Liu Wenxiu is also the prince. The former is one of the four princes, and the latter is also not willing to obey orders, but it is nothing more than arguing with each other.

Other Xiying vassal states, He Jiuyi, Wang Shangli and Wang Ziqi, were all confidants of Sun Kewang. Once they died, they fled from Kunming. It is conceivable whether they obeyed the orders. Ma Jinzhong and Ma Weixing had a chance to be defeated by Chen Wen. After they were released, they had to worry about whether they would be discriminated against by Li Dingguo. Even Feng Shuangli, who had succeeded anyway, was also confidant of Sun Kewang. Li and Liu had a better relationship with the latter. Calculated carefully, there were very few who could obey Li Dingguo. Apart from the old troops he brought from Guangxi, they were at most Bai Wenxuan and the loyal little army leaders of the Yongli court.

"However, we should also promote the role and contribution of the civil servant training class in the diary. Our civil servants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the absolute subject of civil servants from training classes. We must let everyone feel that even if the imperial court held the imperial examination, we would not be able to give local rights to those wastes who have no practical experience."

"The official understands."

Whether it was Chen Wen or Zhou Jingting, they all knew very well that if the Yongli court held a statute and won’t succeed, it would be impossible. If it succeeded, as long as the territory of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang did not accept this group of officials, their stay in Yunnan and Guizhou would only cause the phenomenon of aggression.

It is said that the Yongli court had such a phenomenon before. It was the problem that the Western Army went out of Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Sun Kewang was placed under house arrest and began to preside over government affairs after he began to preside over government affairs. The disappearance of this phenomenon, while the mobilization force was greatly increased, administrative expenses were greatly reduced. Sun Kewang can indeed afford this reputation of good at managing government affairs.

"It's just that the court has a great reputation, and I'm afraid that those little soldiers will not be able to withstand it."

"Brother, last year, our army entered Guizhou, but Sun Kewang's defeated generals and soldiers were not taken away. Now the court still has more than 100,000 troops on paper, and this has not yet been calculated for the number of troops of the former rebel army and those old-fashioned king divisions. However, after I hollowed out the military camps in Guizhou, the court is afraid that even the 100,000 troops will not be able to afford it. In addition, Wang Shangli and the others robbed Kunming's warehouses. The financial difficulties alone are enough for them to bear. Even if they pass the imperial examination and get the dispute over, we have already ended the Northern Expedition."

When dealing with official duties, whether in the office, in the conference hall, or in other places, as long as it is not in the inner house, Chen Wen will not call him this, and Zhou Jingting will call Chen Wen the title in a regular manner even in the inner house.

At this moment, Chen Wenpo, for example, Zhou Jingting was also shocked. He knew very well that what Chen Wen said to him this time was all heart-wrenching, and naturally the will of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"The Northern Expedition, from the Liyang Victory, was the most important event of my Jiangsu-Zhejiang King's Division. For this reason, I have been preparing for more than two years and nearly three years. During this period, Huguang, Fujian and Guangdong were included in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang system, the layout of the Southwest has been completed, and new field troops are also being trained. What remains are nothing more than subduing the gentry in Jiangnan and weakening the strength of the Tartars, and that's all."

"For the imperial court, I could have gone south when I was in Guizhou and wiped out Yunnan and Guizhou, just to relocate the southwest for a year or two. However, so far, those who died under my knife were either the evil Tartars or the traitors who were accomplices of tigers. I did not want to kill them. The identity of a rich man or the integration into our system is enough."

"It is precisely because of this that I have put in such great effort to make arrangements. Now the layout has first achieved results. From a year to a minimum of half a year, the finances of the court will completely collapse. We can use this period of time to subdue the gentry in Jiangnan and then raise troops to fight the north. The future is already in front of us, and the closer we get, the more we need to be careful. If a mistake is made, all our efforts will be wasted."

"Fu Ren, I understand, don't worry."

The dynasty changes, in fact, the senior executives of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Mingjun Group are looking forward to the arrival of this day. At that time, they are no longer subordinates of a vassal state, but famous officials of the founding country. Its significance is more important to Zhou Jingting. However, Chen Wen is not willing to dine the blood of the heroes in history, nor is he willing to let the Qing Dynasty stay in the world for a few more years, so they can only do their best to complete Chen Wen's layout and do everything as best as possible.

After the summons were summoned alone, Chen Wen and Zhou Jingting attended the regular meeting. There were not many topics today, first of all, the collection of summer taxes in the 12th year of Yongli was completed.

Compared with last year, the millions of acres of military rental land added to Hubei and Hunan provinces and the vast majority of civilian fields have all ushered in a bumper harvest. The grain produced can not only greatly expand grain reserves, but also lower the grain prices in Guangdong and several provinces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are increasingly moving towards economic cropping.

"Huguang is familiar with it, and the world is full. Now the complete recovery of Huguang is still far away, but governments at all levels strictly prohibit privately dividing the land. Anyone who dares to violate it will be dealt with seriously!"

According to the system formulated by Chen Wen, the military divisions of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army were field troops, and the local garrisons were stability maintenance troops. The reserves and replenishments assigned to military rented fields were reserves and could be replenished to the army at any time. In this way, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army had enough strength to deal with enemies in all aspects.

However, the number of reserve troops in the previous few years has always been far lower than that of active troops. Once you think that the reserve troops are not as high as that of active troops, the sense of crisis will always be overwhelmed by Chen Wen's heart.

Now, Chen Wen has canceled the right of local governments to organize private settlements. The number of refugees in the local area has increased, but the reserve service has also increased significantly. Not to mention the old story of recruiting soldiers from refugees during the Song Dynasty, these landless people who came out of the mountains and forests are obviously more likely to be absorbed into the workshops constantly built in various places, becoming more organized industrial workers.

All of them are senior officials of the Qi Palace. Although the highest-level civil servants such as Sun Yu, Wang Jiang, Qi Xiufeng, and Gu Shouli are all in charge of government affairs in various places, this group is also the second-class officials to their level. Among them, there are many administrative officials from military backgrounds, responsible for affairs such as training, garrisons, and military garrisons.

With such a status, how could they have unclear reasons for Chen Wen's governance direction and basic intention? Especially when the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is booming and is not far away from further apart, they have done their best.

"Today's second issue is the letter I just sent yesterday. The Prince of Yanping captured the southern part of the Grand Master and expelled the Dutch there. Last year, the Dutch landed in the northern part of the Grand Master and stationed a fleet of no less than twenty large warships, fortresses and troops composed of Dutch people, local people from the northern part of the Grand Master and black slaves. Since the Prince of Yanping's power was concentrated in the southern part, it was not noticed, and it had also formed a scale during this period."

"This Dutch fleet, last year and this year, went to Wenzhou to trade, buying a large amount of sugar, salt, silk, porcelain, food, poultry and livestock. However, due to the existence of this fleet, the Prince of Yanping felt uneasy and hoped that we would join forces to carry out trade blockades on this group of Dutch people. What do you think?"

Zheng Chenggong recaptured Taiwan, but actually controlled the southern part of Taiwan. Keelung Port in the north was once occupied by the Dutch during Zheng Jing's administration.

Chen Wen knew that after Zheng Chenggong took over southern Taiwan, he appointed his son Zheng Jing as the general system of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and led the troops left in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to support the government affairs there, while he led his troops to operate in southern Taiwan.

However, Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan was a few years earlier than in history. There were many sugarcane plantations in southern Taiwan, and the yield was not bad. The Dutch suffered this loss and refused to give up. However, he was unable to defeat Zheng Chenggong's fleet that dominated the Fujian Sea for a while, so he simply started a new business in northern Taiwan. On Zheng Chenggong's side, the troops were divided into two places, and Zheng Jing also strongly advocated maintaining superior troops in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Prefectures to prevent Chen Wen from attacking. Therefore, the Ming army in Fujian is not sure to annihilate this Dutch colonist in one fell swoop, which led to this proposal.

"Master Qiu, have these Thais ever had any forced buying and selling when trading with our merchants in Wenzhou and Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"

Hearing the colleagues there asked, the head of the Maritime Bureau of the smuggling department thought for a while, he replied: "As far as I know, these Dutch people are quite honest with our Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The taxes of the Maritime Bureau cannot be said to have never been missed, but judging from the historical trade volume and the size of their fleet, the scale of participating in smuggling should not be particularly large, and they are obviously afraid of making enemies on both sides."

With this answer, the officials present whispered. The Dutch were not like this, but they were not law-abiding. On the contrary, these colonists pursued huge profits. Now, they dared to be enemies with Zheng Chenggong, but they did not dare to owe taxes in the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The reason was that Zheng Chenggong seized their colonies in southern Taiwan, and the other hand, compared with Zheng Chenggong, Chen Wen was now a giant existence. It was unwise to provoke two forces at the same time, and they naturally wanted to bully them.

With this understanding, the officials here tend to ignore the requests of the Fujian Ming Army, and at most they send people to mediate the conflicts between the two sides. After all, one more trade object is beneficial to the economic development of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the tax collection. The Dutch are on the side, and the Fujian Ming Army will not dare to act lightly. No matter how you look at it, it will be more beneficial to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army.

But at this moment, Zhang Huangyan, who was in charge of the Military Law Department, stood up, bowed to Chen Wen, and said, "Your Highness, this matter does not involve the Military Law Department. The subordinate should not interrupt, but since your superiors have been given to the joint meeting for discussion, the subordinates are also a bit foolish."

"Shangshu Zhang, please speak out."

Chen Wen nodded, and Zhang Huangyan said with a sigh: "The officials know that in the past two years, there have been a lot of discussions between the court and the Qi Prince's Mansion. The officials are the Minister of War appointed by the court, and are also the head of the military and judicial department of the Qi Prince's Mansion. They should have resigned from their seals. If they say something, they may not like to listen to it. However, the officials still have to say that no matter when the court is a Han family, the Qi Prince's Mansion is a Han family. If there is a right or wrong, our tribe will have different intentions. Today, you will use the power of Taixi to restrain the Fujian royal army. So will you also use the power of barbarians to eradicate other competitors in the future?"

As soon as Zhang Huangyan said this, the officials present showed displeasure. In contrast, they either came from the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, or from Dalan Mountain or civil servant training class. They were admitted to the juren, appointed as the Minister of War by the Lu Jianguo, and appointed as the Minister of War by the Yongli court, but were not even a pot of urination. They would deliberately avoid him in daily life, but at this moment they were revealed in person by him, and there were no reason to speculate. It would be strange if they could still maintain the normal state.

"Shangshu Zhang, whether you have resigned from office with your seal is your personal matter. We are discussing the pros and cons of this move for my Jiangsu and Zhejiang King's Division. What does it mean to use the power of Taixi to restrain the Fujian King's Division? What does it mean to use the power of barbarians to eliminate other competitors? Since our Jiangsu and Zhejiang King's Division formed an army on Dalan Mountain, which company has borrowed the power of the company? It is not a great situation led by His Highness Qi. On the contrary, some friendly troops and officials are plotting against us and those heroes who have recovered half of the world in open and secretly."

Everyone present knew the details of the history of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Chen Wen, with his own strength, led the remaining troops of the Ming army in Eastern Zhejiang to gradually recover the current provinces. Among them, the officials and officials who suffered hardships were experienced by themselves. Especially the Cao Conglong Rebellion. Since then, the officials, generals and even ordinary soldiers within the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been skeptical about those friendly troops, so it is inevitable that they should be prepared.

Zhang Huangyan was so exaggerated that all the officials present were indignant. Several of them were dissatisfied with Zhang Huangyan on weekdays, but they still whispered to persuade him to be more harmonious.

The topic could not be discussed anymore, but instead began to argue. Seeing this, Chen Wen sighed and slapped the table to stop the chaos here.

"Shangshu Zhang, I ask you, is it because of Wu Sangui's business?"
Chapter completed!