Chapter 9: Ripple (4)

"Feng Chengshi, this is what you did!"

After receiving the news, the general of the central left city had left the civil affairs to Lu Ruoteng's governor's yamen, who had not yet gathered many personnel, and Zheng Chenggong hurriedly rushed back by boat.

A weathering case of cheating and being caught raped in bed caused a storm in the city, and everyone on the island knows about it. If it was just that, it would be enough, Rao is Feng Chengshi tried his best to appease him, appease the emotions of the victim's family, and punish the pair of adulterous dog men and women, but when the next day, only a few male tailors were left on duty in the military uniform manufacturing workshop, and even the mothers-in-law of the grassroots stewards were gone.

"It's not the slave family, it's really my mother-in-law who said that this military uniform making workshop has a bad reputation, and the people on the island say that this is where the women's camp is located, and it is discredited to be a union here."

Feng Chengshi couldn't have heard more similar words. No matter how hard he explained, how he swore and swore curses, but this workshop, which was originally still crowded, now refused to come even a female worker, and even some people who watched the excitement had spread rumors around, saying that Feng Chengshi really planned to transfer the military prostitutes from the women's camp to work in order to solve the urgent situation.

Doing so will only make the problem of the military uniform manufacturing workshop a reality, and completely turn the original individual case into a whole problem. Feng Chengshi is not a fool, of course he will not commit this stupidity. However, women regard their names as life, which is strongly advocated by Cheng Zhu Lixue, and he is also a Confucian scholar, and he knows this truth very well, and now he is completely trapped in it and can't extricate himself.

Zheng Cheng is forbearing, but he has never been good-tempered, he can execute defeated generals, he can cut off his uncle's head to show the public, and he has even made the decision to kill his own son in history. Over the years, Chen Kai has gained enough trust from his efforts over the years, and he has been doing seemingly unreasonable tosses again and again within the scope of trust, because he can always get greater benefits in order to continue to accumulate this trust.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong was already furious, and he took the case, pointing at Feng Chengshi's nose and calling him by his name. This is something that has never happened before, even if it was last year's major reduction in production by the Ordnance Bureau, Zheng Chenggong had a more appeased attitude towards this staff member who had contributed a lot, and rarely reprimanded, at most, he used Chen Kai's words to beat one or two. But this time, what he cares about is not the production capacity of the military uniform manufacturing workshop at all, because these things are civilian affairs, he just needs to look at the results, but it really lies in the fact that the adultery is committed by the daughters of the soldiers in the army and the head of the workshop, and the families of the front-line soldiers and the bureaucrats in the rear commit adultery.

"The students must do their best to counteract the impact."

"How to eliminate it? You are planning to bring in those captive female dependents who have not entered the government as slaves, you are not afraid that those goods will be bad, and I am also afraid that they will bury poisonous needles in military uniforms and harm the warriors in our army! ”

Zheng Chenggong is in a rage, which even Chen Kai may not be able to persuade. scolded Feng Chengshi, and when the anger subsided a little, he asked Feng Chengshi to hand over the errand of the Ordnance Bureau, punished Yu Lu, and went home to think about it behind closed doors. As for the work of the Ordnance Bureau, of course, it could not be left behind, so it was temporarily handed over to Feng Chengshi's deputy, the Grand Governor Chen Qilai, to be responsible.

After this turmoil, the other departments of the Ordnance Bureau could not be affected, which was already the biggest good thing among the bad things. However, on the side of the military uniform manufacturing workshop, Chen Kai was able to prosper because Chen Kai relied on a large number of grassroots tailors who did not need training costs and had low wages, supplemented by a small number of pattern tailors with higher wages, and relied on the production model of the garment manufacturing industry in later generations. Now, there are only tailors left, and without the grassroots tailors, the way of working will inevitably return to the way it used to be, and the production capacity is already useless.

Now, when the Ming army recovered the whole province of Fujian and half of Guangdong, it was the time to expand the number of troops to strengthen the local defense, and military uniforms were in short supply. At this time, the only thing that can be fortunate about such a thing is that it is not two or three months earlier, otherwise the New Year's gift before the first month will not be able to be rushed, and then it is called a real bad thing.

The turmoil is still fermenting, especially women are creatures that produce gossip and spread gossip, and soon, the adultery has not been completely over, and other rumors about other female workers who have worked in the military uniform manufacturing workshop or have worked there have begun to spread on the island, and the situation has a tendency to become more and more intense.

In the residential area near the left side of the Ordnance Bureau outside the city, it is still the small courtyard of the Lin family, but this time it was night, several middle-aged men who had just gotten off their jobs got together, saying that they were together to drink a little wine to relieve fatigue, but the wine and food came up, but no one moved the chopsticks, and the whole room was silent and depressed.

I don't know how long it took, a man picked up the wine cup and tilted his neck, and poured it directly: "I heard that in the east of the city, there is a woman who was forced to throw herself into the well by those rumors. ”

"Yes, I used to hear Mr. Storyteller say, what is the name, people are terrible."

"Hey."

Originally, they just wanted to use the mistake of Feng Chengshi's cronies to force Feng Chengshi to step down and vent their evil anger, also to ensure their interests, but things have developed to this point, and it is natural that they will make a big fuss.

"It's a ...... thing"

"I'm not worried about what will happen to this matter, Uncle Hong is back, and it is only a matter of time before it calms down. However, Chen Duzao is afraid that he may not be able to clean up this mess again, and when the anger of the national surname is gone, the surname Feng will be reactivated again. ”

"No, isn't there still a military member?"

"Guangdong has been recovered, can you still come back after joining the army?"

“……”

This is undoubtedly a more realistic problem, thinking that when their Ming army only had a territory outside the prefecture and a few counties, Chen Kai was in Guangdong to control the side. Now, the whole province of Fujian has recovered, Zheng Chenggong's energy has to be used in this Fujian land and the surrounding Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, Guangdong is bound to be difficult to take into account, coupled with the complex political situation there, it is even more necessary for Chen Kai to take charge.

A province has been recovered, and Fujian is still largely under the control of the Ming army, but the undercurrent is surging, which is just the tip of the iceberg. Soon, Chen Kai also received news from Fujian, including Zheng Chenggong's official documents and private messages, as well as greetings from other people, including Chen Qi and several old subordinates of the Ordnance Bureau.

"These guys, it seems that I underestimated them at first."

Shaking his head, Chen Kai couldn't say anything on the side. That matter, to put it bluntly, is caused by the intensification of contradictions between the bureaucracy and the working class within the government-run military industrial enterprises, if it is replaced by Chengping, replaced by a figure like Chen Kai, I am afraid that it may not be able to make such a big movement, and those craftsmen do not dare to resist. Now, it is his welfare policy that has raised the psychological bottom line of these people, making them have a stronger will to resist oppression.

"Perhaps, it's not that simple. Bureaucratic autocracy is like a dam that cannot be broken through by any undercurrent. But if the dam is loosened, it is like Feng Chengshi changing his course and starting to restore welfare benefits, which shows weakness in this way, and invisibly gives potential opponents a signal that their strength is not good and the building is about to collapse. As a result, if it is supported, the dam will return to a stagnant state, and if it can't hold on, it will be like the current one, or even worse. ”

For Feng Chengshi, Chen Kai knew very well that from the moment Zheng Chenggong appointed someone to replace him from the Weapons Bureau, there would inevitably be an estrangement between the two people. This is different from Ye Yiyun's situation, first of all, Ye Yiyun's Chaozhou prefect was originally conceded by Chen Kai, and Ye Yiyun and his person, although he is a little arrogant, but he is essentially a righteous gentleman, otherwise he would not have intersected with a square Confucian like Chen Ding. On Feng Chengshi's side, Chen Kai has met him a few times, and he is not such an ambitious and unscrupulous person, but he can educate people like Feng Xifan who are not worrying, but I am afraid that he may not be a good person.

Compared with these existences that may become opponents in the future, Chen Kai is more interested in the struggles of those craftsmen who did not say it explicitly, but were still seen through by him. As a frustrated person in the system, it is indispensable to borrow strength from outside. However, Chen Kai's point of interest lies in the fact that the resistance of the craftsmen is not manifested in the destruction of machines, but in trying to replace the bureaucrats who make their lives difficult.

"By the way, the Ordnance Bureau is still a handicraft workshop, and I almost forgot about it."

After laughing, Chen Kai thought carefully about the causes, processes, and results of this incident, predicted the possible further impact, and secretly scolded "A group of stupid people are troublesome, which ruins the reputation of women participating in industrial production", but he still wrote his thoughts on Chen Qi's greetings and advice.

"Since Feng Chengshi has already used my method as a last resort, then this feud has already been settled. In this case, take care of those ignorant old subordinates, stabilize those basic plates, and spare time to teach them how to operate in order to ensure the rights and interests they deserve within a reasonable range. ”

The letters, which were transported to Hong Kong by express ship and then forwarded from Hong Kong, will now be forwarded back from there, and how it will develop in the future will also be a matter of the future, so there is no hurry for the time being. At this moment, Chen Kai and Hao Shangjiu's army had returned to the division, and the two soldiers and horses had realized the encirclement of Huizhou Fucheng.

In the first month, after nearly half a month of rest, almost at the same time as Li Dingguo's army, Chen Kai also sent several generals to attack.

War is like destroying withering and decaying. Guangzhou fell into the hands of the Ming army, and the feudal soldiers and the Eight Banners Army that came to the aid were almost completely annihilated. For example, Conghua, Longmen, Zengcheng, Dongguan and other counties did not make much effort.

On Hao Shangjiu's side, after all, his reputation is not as loud as Li Dingguo and Chen Kai, and he is still a former green battalion commander just now, and the rebel generals are always looked down upon, and those generals who were originally of the same level are not willing to help him as a former colleague in the future. Therefore, from Xingning and Changle to attack, Longchuan and Heyuan counties have spent a lot of effort, even if they are close to the city of Huizhou, the defenders still have no movement, but the Boluo county town west of Huizhou is still taken down by Chen Kai who came along the Dongjiang River.

The army surrounded the city of Huizhou and trapped the two green battalions of Huizhou Town and Xin'an Town in the city. Although the strength advantage of the Ming army was not much more, and it was scattered, but this Qing army had already heard about the war in Guangzhou Prefecture, and it was already frightened, where did it dare to go out of the city to invite battle.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ke Chenshu, Shen Ming, Li Jianjie brought by Chen Kai and the general soldiers, deputy generals, superintendents, and supervisors of these four towns who were not on duty, these people sat on the left seat from below Ke Chenshu, and the generals brought by Hao Shangjiu sat on the right side of the seat with him, and the loyal eyes gathered at Chen Kai above.

Hao Shangjiu and Li Jianjie have both mixed up with Li Chengdong, and they are really familiar with each other, Chen Kai brought him here this time, that is, the heart of Hao Shangjiu. Just returned to the division a few days ago, and sat down like this, and in the following days, Hao Shangjiu sat with Ke Chenshu and Shen Ming. Until today, because the generals gathered, and the overseers and supervisors were present, it has returned to its previous state.

The generals saluted and sat down, Chen Kai looked around, and didn't say much about what he didn't have, so he said directly and honestly: "The siege of the city can be put aside for the time being, and when the Hongyi cannon is in place, there will be no suspense." Today's military discussion is to say that the official document that has just been sent to the country should have been read by all the gentlemen. ”

The official document with the content was not sent to Chen Kai alone, but was received by people such as Ke Chenshu, Shen Ming, Li Jianjie, and the superintendent and supervisor. Chen Kai was blunt, and the generals also nodded in response, only Hao Shangjiu seemed to be a little speechless.

"Since the second year of Longwu, the surname of Layue Guo has burned clothes in Anping to the present, our army has recovered the occupied area of one and a half provinces. The territory is large, and this rule naturally has to be established. This time, the national surname standardizes the titles of the town association superintendent, battalion supervisor, and superintendent officer, supplemented by supervision and discipline, records meritorious deeds, and sets up a separate salary department. When those supervisors and discipline officers arrive, they can better ensure the enforcement of military law and discipline. ”

"What Fu Jun said is that the last general has been taught."

In the second half of last year, the control area was expanded dramatically, and the generals were divided into various parts of the town, and Zheng Chenggong decided to improve the system of supervising the army. According to the original system, there were supervisors at the town and association levels, and supervisors at the battalion level, and that's it. As for the salary, they are all responsible for the relevant staff members in Zheng Chenggong's scene. The Nadu team is basically represented by the personal troops of the chief generals of various towns, associations, and battalions.

Now it's different, according to the new system, supervision, supervision and supervision are still the same old, but the new supervisor officer has been set up to directly manage the supervision team, and a red flag with an iron pole will be awarded in battle. The grain stations were also to be distributed to the towns, but they were to be in charge of the special pay-stakers, who were independent of the military towns, and they went with the army together with the prison guards who were responsible for recording meritorious deeds and crimes.

Chen Kai read the official document, and the general meaning also understood, these supervisors, battalion supervisors, supervisors, discipline supervisors, and salary directors are roughly the brigade and regimental political commissars, captains of the supervision team, military judges and quartermasters in later generations. In addition, Zheng Chenggong also appointed Weng Tianyou, the governor of the superintendent of the movement, as the prime minister to supervise the camp, and Zheng De, the governor of the capital, and Chen Xun, the former chief military officer of Zhengbing Town, as the left and right assistant superintendent of the camp, which directly belonged to the general of recruitment, thus forming a set of top-down supervision of the army and military law system.

In Guangdong, according to Zheng Chenggong's official document, these supervisions and camps should first be responsible to Chen Kai, and then to the prime minister. And Chen Kai's dispatch to recruit the general has also been changed to the Guangdong general system, and he is fully responsible for the military and political affairs of the Zheng group in Guangdong.

The generals have been under Zheng Chenggong for a long time, and they understand it, and they immediately echo it in unison. On Hao Shangjiu's side, it was slow and slow, but there was no objection.

After the meeting, Chen Kai left Hao Shangjiu behind and explained Zheng Chenggong's intentions, and that as the first senior officer to lead a large number of green battalions anyway, he still wants to buy horse bones, so there is no need to worry about what those people will do to him, as long as he is obedient, Yunyun, who is the most indispensable for glory and wealth, thinks that he has been appeased.

In fact, there was no such thing in the original agreement between Chen Kai and Hao Shangjiu. But now the situation is different, it is Zheng Chenggong who wants to improve the system, and Hao Shangjiu's department has also sent additional personnel such as supervision and camp supervision and military discipline. Hao Shangjiu must be dissatisfied with this, but now the situation is stronger than people, the strength of the Zheng Group has skyrocketed, he is sandwiched between Chaozhou and Guangzhou, and he has been determined to start work with Chen Kai in the future, and there are too many times to betray, it is estimated that Hao Shangjiu himself feels that no one will want to believe him even if he changes the court, so he can only pinch his nose and admit it.

Chen Kai knew this, but he didn't say it explicitly, just took Li Jianjie, who was about to take on greater responsibilities in the new round of army expansion, as an example to appease him, and it was enough.

The day was spent in a meeting and a siege atmosphere. But at night, there seemed to be some movement in the Huizhou Fucheng. Chen Kai was called up by the captain of the guard, looked in the direction of the city for a moment with his clothes on, then yawned, returned to the tent and continued to sleep, seemingly not caring at all.

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