The so-called No. 3 person has a special identity and has always been the key target of the Supervisory Department. He had to put him under house arrest before, in order to prevent him from causing greater harm.

Because of the special identity of the No. 3 person, Chen Wen didn't know whether he would need to use his identity in the future. Although house arrest is house arrest, the supervisory department in charge of Zhang Jun never had to force himself. He just used means such as intimidation and comfort to restrict his actions, prevent his identity from spreading and causing unnecessary harm.

Perhaps it was because the time was too long. The third person could not help but ask for the meeting of Chen Wen again and again, and expressed his willingness to obey Chen Wen's arrangements unconditionally. Recently, he began to threaten suicide. The people who supervised the Site Department were helpless and chose to report. However, Chen Wen believed that with his words, the big man should consciously and automatically calm down. Because compared to the Emperor Yongli, Chen Wen had no reason to get rid of him.

This matter did not delay any time, so Chen Wen returned to the inner courtyard. At this moment, the food was ready and everyone was already present. Even Chen Wen's children came out to meet these senior officials before returning to their mother for dinner.

Chen Wen hurried back, and everyone had a tacit understanding and did not mention the affairs of the Supervision Department. This was not only a tacit understanding between the monarch and the ministers, but also a tacit understanding of power. The Supervision Department's work was to supervise, investigate internal officials and whether the escort involved illegal acts, from treason to misconduct, were all their targets of attention. In the words of some officials, in addition to the lack of the right to interrogate on their own, the Supervision Department was Chen Wen's Jinyiwei.

After Chen Wen sat down, the food was served together. Although he was in Nanjing, for a military and political group that rose in Zhejiang, most of the top leaders were Zhejiang people. The difference was nothing more than the eighth prefectures and the three lower prefectures. However, when the officials on the next level had officials from other provinces. However, since most of them were from Zhejiang, the dishes were all from Zhejiang, which was also a relief for them who had been working in other provinces before.

"Will there be pressure on Guangdong's food this year?"

At the end of last year, Chen Wen mobilized a large amount of supplies to attack the gentry of Jiangnan. Huguang was originally an important grain production area. With Guangdong recovering earlier, Shunde and other places in Guangdong also began to devote themselves to restoring the production and processing of cash crops. In addition, the Ming army in Guangxi and Zheng family in Fujian also had different degrees of grain demand, and the amount of grain stored in Guangdong was generally less than that in provinces outside Fujian. The importance of grain is unquestionable, but in the case of Huguang's large storage and transportation to the east, once there is a natural disaster in Guangdong and grain production is reduced, the people of Guangdong will have a hard life.

When Chen Wen asked this question, Guo Zhigang, the former governor of Guangdong, quickly put down his chopsticks and bowed and replied: "Please rest assured, Guangdong has no need to worry, food can be transported from Annan. In fact, many Guangdong maritime merchants now buy food from Annan. Guangdong is close to it and the price is cheaper. On the contrary, it is more suitable for Fujian than Chaohui."

When Guo Zhigang mentioned this, Chen Wen was relieved. Guangdong is the core area of ​​southern Xinjiang. Whether it is supporting Guangxi or developing Nanyang in the future, it is the best base. Chen Wen has been committed to restoring production since he recovered Guangdong. In recent years, Guangdong has recovered a little bit of weather, but the population loss is difficult to recover in a short period of time, and this wound can only be left to time to smooth it out.

"By the way, when it comes to Annan, I remember the Military Information Department mentioned that Annan is now in northern Mo Nanli, and the two dynasties are in opposition. Mo Chao seems to be a vassal of the court?"

"That's true. In Annan, Li is strong and Mo Wu is weak. The reason why Mo Chao can survive to this day is all relying on the power of the Ming Dynasty. Who made the Mo family affiliate and become the commander of the Annan commander?"

The matter of Annan is not needed yet. Chen Wen knew that Li Chao and Mo Chao had sent people to Guangdong to order weapons. The Military Industry Department of the Ming Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was relocating to Ma'anshan at that time and was trying hard to restore and increase production capacity. In addition, the weapons demand for newly formed troops was already quite large, but it was cheaper to Macau's Bujialao Casting Factory.

Li Chao and Mo Chao, Chen Wen remembered that the latter was beaten by the former several times and almost destroyed the country. Every time, the King of Mo Chao went straight to Zhennan Pass, and the Ming Dynasty would put pressure on the Li Chao, and Mo Chao was able to restore the country. The reason was that the Annan commander was at work. After reading these records, Chen Wen also vaguely remembered that it was the same during the Qing Dynasty. It was not until the Three Feudal Rebellion that Mo Chao stood in the wrong team and supported Wu Sangui's anti-Qing that Li Chao had the opportunity to end the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

"After the Tartars are destroyed, I will have a chance to get involved sooner or later. Annan, haha, just a group of separatists, and sooner or later he will return to China's arms."

All of them here are the core officials of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army Group. They know that if nothing unexpected happens, Chen Wen will launch a northern expedition this year. According to the past record, the Eight Banners and Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty were nothing, but the combat effectiveness of the new army in Shaanxi before still made many people worry to a certain extent. Now, seeing Chen Wen like this, they all know Chen Wen's temperament, so they naturally let go of it.

"Annan's business has not been completed, it doesn't matter, Japan is waiting for our goods."

Chen Wen smiled and said that most of the people present were confused, but as Chen Wen told him, he quickly understood it.

In fact, as early as the news that the Qing army destroyed North Korea, Chen Wen used Zheng Qi and Ichiro Ono to export some ideas about the "Manchu-Qing threat theory" to Japan. In this regard, Satsuma, Changzhou and other vassals in southwest Japan expressed great support, believing that the existence of the Manchu-Qing Dynasty was a huge threat to the entire "East Asian" civilized world, and demanded to send troops to attack North Korea to weaken the Manchu-Qing Dynasty and cooperate with the Ming Dynasty from the flanks.

However, the Tokugawa shogunate still maintained the same attitude as when the Lujian State and the Zheng Group went to Japan to beg for military service. They strictly prohibited the use of troops from outside the country, and if they were responsible, they would attack them. Even when facing the reality that the Qing army and Japan were only separated by the Tsushima Strait, they repeatedly stated that there would be feudal superstitious remarks such as the kamikaze blessed Japan, and their ostrich nature was fully exposed.

For Japan, Chen Wenben is just a casual move. If Japan sends troops to North Korea and cooperates to weaken the Qing Dynasty, it will naturally be the best. If he still keeps the country closed, he doesn't care.

However, I don’t know if it was the squadron led by Zhao Qian to occupy the Five Islands last year that scared the Japanese people of insight, or if these people of insight determined that Chen Wen had the strength to support them, and expressed great dissatisfaction with the actions of the Tokugawa shogunate. Among them, the representative figure of the Japanese Satsuma lord Shimazu Kokuhara, the vassal lord of the Japanese Satsuma vassal vassal lord, Shimazu Kokuha, expressed his willingness to use the Nagano gold mine and Ryukyu sugar to purchase Ming army standard weapons and armor from the Military Industry Department of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army's Military Industry Department workshop, and was willing to invest in hiring Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army instructors to train the army in the Satsuma vassal vassal .

Chen Wen expressed great appreciation for such a knowledgeable person who was worried about the country and the people and gave a positive reply to the transaction of weapons and armor. Of course, in order to take into account the face of the Tokugawa shogunate, the two sides will trade in Ryukyu. As for the training of the Satsuma army, we will have to suppress it for the time being, because Chen Wen could not yet confirm whether the Shimazu family was a true friend of the "Chinese people".

When Chen Wen mentioned this, Xu Yi, the head of the Military Industry Department, quickly put down his chopsticks and assured Chen Wen that the Military Industry Department would be able to complete the task as scheduled.

Chen Wen was still very confident about Xu Yi's guarantee. The industrialization process of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang started from the military industry. Only by converting military to civilians can large-scale state-owned and private workshops be established in Zhejiang. Previously, a large number of goods were shipped to Suzhou, many of which were produced by Zhejiang workshops. Such a large purchase volume once again stimulated the factory owners in Zhejiang, which led to the scene of Zhejiang factory owners including Wanjia landing in Susongchang Town.

Occupying half of the south of the Yangtze River, there are now a large number of mechanical workshops, and their productivity has been greatly improved. Chen Wen has a source of goods and has the need and ability to intervene in the surrounding forces.

Annan is like this, Japan is like this, and in fact, he is paying attention to Taiwan all the time. Of course, there are not only the Dutch people who have been blocked from trade, but also the existence of the Ming army in Fujian.

"In Fujian, I heard that the Prince of Yanping seemed to have a very unhappy relationship with the local local people, and those local people were also supported by the Dutch. A few days ago, it seemed that he would go north from Dongning to attack the big-beasted kingdom."

"Yes, the big-beard kingdom is not so much a country, but an alliance of native tribes. However, relying on the advantage of geographical advantages, they defeated the Dutch several times and defeated the Yanping vassal offensive not long ago. However, this time it made the Yanping County Prince angry, and it is said that they wanted to lead troops to conquer themselves."

Zheng Chenggong took over Taiwan. At first, he was in the Tainan area and had a lot of unhappiness with the Big Belly Kingdom. This Big Belly Kingdom had also surrendered to the Dutch before, and it was very normal to recruit the Dutch to help the boxing this time. However, Zheng Chenggong's military size in Taiwan is much stronger than in history, and he is not worried about who wins and loses Chen Wen.

Historically, after Zheng Chenggong expelled the Dutch in Tainan, he began to operate Taiwan. However, Zheng Chenggong died of illness shortly after he arrived in Taiwan. The business of Taiwan was mainly started when Zheng Jing was alive. Even Liu Guoxuan, the last general of the Zheng Group, rose from the Zheng army with a decline in talent through the war to suppress the Big Belly Kingdom. Now the Zheng Group has not experienced that collapse, and Zheng Chenggong has many generals. This time, he probably knew that the Dutch would not give up and led his troops to fight in person.

Zheng Chenggong sent troops to the Big Belly Kingdom, which was actually exactly what Chen Wen wanted to see. After many years of preparation, it was just a stable south to launch a northern expedition. Regarding the layout of the southwest, the generals of Kuidong have now been separated from the two kings of the Xiying system, and the Yongli court is also sliding in the direction he expected. Now Zheng Chenggong has been trapped in Taiwan, so there is no need to worry about the Ming army in Fujian. This year is also the best time for the Northern Expedition.

After the official system was adjusted, the new departments and the old departments that had adjusted their functions also began to work in progress. In this regard, Chen Wen completely handed over these things to his trusted officials to take charge, while he devoted more energy to magazines, Nanjing University Hall and Military Industry Department Workshop.

"Science and technology are the primary productive forces."

Chen Wen looked at the front page of the new magazine Dibao and smiled with satisfaction. The development speed of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was able to enter the fast lane, and the hydraulic workshop made great contributions. More importantly, the application of science and technology in the late Ming Dynasty made the scientific and technological level of the Ming army controlled by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang beyond the surrounding areas, and opened a larger gap with major forces from all directions.

Nowadays, the production capacity of the Yongli court has only inherited part of Sun Kewang's inheritance, and Zheng Chenggong has to rely more on trade with Chen Wen. Although the Qing Dynasty established a large hydraulic workshop in Tianjin to use the water resources of Haihe to speed up the production of weapons and equipment, compared with the steel and steel of the Military Industry Department in Ma'anshan, the military-industrial union is just a pediatric department. Not to mention anything else, it didn't take long for Chen Wen to change his more than 300,000 troops under his command, but it took a long time for the Qing Dynasty to change his new army with a total of less than 100,000.

"Now wait for everything to be ready."

The Northern Expedition was launched, and a large number of goods that had previously swept Susongchang Town had been transported to the camp in Huainan, especially grain, pickled meat and fungi, which were mostly used as military supplies. In terms of weapons and armor, they were used to change and supplement the troops participating in the Northern Expedition. The Military Industry Department's workshop has also been prepared. The only difference is the equipment for the newly occupied local garrisons in the newly occupied areas after the Northern Expedition, but now they are not in a hurry.

The military training is always in an orderly manner, and according to the training plan, it can be completed completely in summer. As long as there is no unexpected situation, the Northern Expedition will be launched in the second half of the year and strive to completely eliminate the Qing Dynasty within half a year.

Of course, the Northern Expedition was not achieved overnight. The established plan required the complete training of the army in the summer. Chen Wen never thought of sending troops in advance because the surrounding environment has improved. This might seize a better opportunity to fight with the Qing Dynasty before the new army was trained to be more elite, but it would disrupt his own rhythm. For Chen Wen, who is now in an advantageous state, there is no need to say.

A few days later, due to the marriage of Wang Yi's only daughter and Huang Zongxi's son, Chen Wen needed to go to Yuyao. Wang Yi's daughter's dowry, Wang Jiang's mother, Sun Yu's wife and Zhou Yueying were ready. A glorious wedding of the martyr's orphan was also a kind of memory of the martyr.

On the eve of the coming departure, these female relatives from the "mother's family" also got together, and taught Wang Yi's daughter some knowledge that they needed to know as a wife's house.

Chen Wen was not convenient for this kind of scene, so he simply took care of the remaining official duties in the study while teaching his daughter's studies on behalf of Zhou Yueying. But just as he was bored and his mind was at the inexplicable work of the school, a personal soldier rushed over and delivered an exquisite greeting.

"The people from the lower body castle are here to pay their respects, please don't ask me to come forward to mediate the war in Ilibya."
Chapter completed!