Chapter 10: Ripple (5)
Sure enough, the next morning, before dawn, news came that the Qing army in the city was divided into two factions in order to surrender and defend the strategy, and they were connected in tandem last night and made a big move. As a result, to this day, a part of the Ming faction took control of the West City Gate and invited the Ming army to enter the city to help suppress it.
This may be a trap, but when Chen Kai heard the news, he still sent Hao Shangjiu to lead the elite of his department, and Shen Ming, the chief military officer of the former town, led the troops and horses of his headquarters to assist, and went straight to Huizhou Fucheng.
Hao Shangjiu knew that Shen Ming was born as Zheng Hongkui's general, and Zheng Hongkui was Chen Kai's father-in-law, Lao Taishan, and this person was naturally Chen Kai's descendant. The two led the soldiers and horses under the leadership of the leading party to enter the Huizhou city, and then attacked the gates from the inside, and put more Ming troops into the city, the Ming and Qing armies in the city were rapidly tilted, and it didn't take long for the city to completely fall into the control of the Ming army.
controlled the city, but Chen Kai did not enter the city, and after completely quelling the chaos in the city, he transferred Ke Chenshu and Shen Ming's troops out of the city, leaving only Hao Shangjiu's troops to guard in the city.
This is the fulfillment of the original promise, in this regard, Hao Shangjiu is also relieved, and personally went out of the city to meet Chen Kai. Of course, the celebration banquet was held in the camp outside the city where Chen Kai was stationed, and during the banquet, Hao Shangjiu told Chen Kai about the situation in the city as if he were telling a joke.
It turned out that the Ming faction and the adherent faction in the city were not divided according to the units of the town, and it was not a certain town or a certain faction. Whether it is Xin'an Town or Huizhou Town, there are generals and schools with these two trends of thought. After the news of Guangzhou came, this kind of differentiation occurred, but the adherent faction still had an absolute advantage, after all, the strength of the Qing court was still there. When the Ming army approached the city, the power of the Ming faction began to expand, and the quarrels between the two sides continued to break out in the town and the joint military discussion, and the same factions in the two towns were also privately linked. Last night, a general of the defending army died of illness, and it was rumored that he had been assassinated by the other faction.
"The officers of these two towns are also quite interesting."
"The Fu army is in the west, the last general is in the north, the sea is in the south, and Chaozhou is in the east.
"yes, I have to live."
After laughing, he stopped taking it seriously. After staying under the city for two days, the army began to retreat westward and retreat to the boundaries of Canton.
According to the agreement of last year, Hao Shangjiu's department occupied six counties in the west and north of Huizhou Prefecture, including Huizhou Fucheng - Guishan, Boluo, Heyuan, Longchuan, Changning, and Heping. The first four of them are already in the hands of the Ming army, and the last two, Hao Shangjiu has no spare strength, but now he can send troops to start seizing.
Hao Shangjiu's department occupied the western part of Huizhou, and the three counties of Changle, Xingning, and Chengxiang, which were originally controlled, were assigned to Zhang Jin. Chen Kai handed over the territory of these three counties, as well as Yong'an County in the central part of Huizhou Prefecture and Zhenping, Pingyuan, and Dapu counties in the north of Chaozhou Prefecture, all of which were in charge of Zhang Jin, who led the army to defend the northern part of Chaozhou and the northeastern part of Huizhou Prefecture.
The rest are the counties in the central and southern part of Chaozhou Prefecture and Haifeng County in Huizhou Prefecture. Chen Kai appointed Chen Bao, the Marquis of Zhongyong, as the chief military officer of Chaozhou, and changed Hong Zheng, the former deputy general of the Chaozhou City Guarding Association, to the chief military officer of Nanao Town.
On the way back from the army, Chen Kai thought back to Zheng Chenggong's recent letters, but he always felt that something was missing. Thinking about it carefully, I thought about it for a long time before I suddenly remembered that it was February now, and it seemed that it was at this time in history that Zheng Chenggong changed the Zhongzuo to Siming Prefecture, and set up six officials to facilitate governance.
But now, Zheng Chenggong in Siming Prefecture has not mentioned it, and there is no matter of the six officials, but the supervision, supervision of the camp, supervision of discipline, supervision of the formation and salaries have appeared in advance, not to mention, Zheng Chenggong also set up the Fujian Governor Yamen, and handed over all civil affairs to the civil officials to be responsible.
This one after the other seems to be unrelated, but in fact, it is just a response to the earth-shaking changes in the battle situation.
The latter is not mentioned, as for the former, it is mainly because Zheng Chenggong only had Haicheng County and coastal islands including Zhongzuo in his hands at that time, but the direction of the army is no longer limited to southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong. The army conquered Fujian, divided into Guangzhou, eastern Zhejiang, and southern Zhili, and a Fujian governor yamen was absolutely not enough. In order to strengthen control over the army, it is necessary to establish a more effective bureaucracy.
After coming to this era for many years, Chen Kai has also been working in the bureaucratic system for many years, and has made great achievements in administrative and military affairs. After thinking about it, he also felt that a more effective system was really needed to ensure the strengthening of organization and execution. However, now is not the time, because once something is taken out, it is bound to scare too many people, and because of fear, these people will unite to eliminate fear, and Chen Kai does not have the strength to face so many opponents at the same time now.
"Now, it's not the time. No, I have a way to make more people willingly board my chariot, and there is no need for all of them to be coerced and lured like Hao Shangjiu. ”
Thinking of this, Chen Kai sat in the carriage, bumping, and the army entered the territory of Guangzhou Mansion.
In the opposite direction, a group of cavalry is galloping eastward, their destination is Haifeng County, where they can use the post station of Chaozhou Mansion, and then go down one stop at a time, and regain the Huizhou Mansion City step by step, and the news of the battle of Guangzhou is roughly delivered to Zheng Chenggong's hands.
Huizhou Mansion recovered, Lubu Feijie, and the news changed from line to plane in the place where the cavalry drove by, and spread rapidly. Zheng Chenggong had already returned to Fuzhou at this time, but it was the Zhongzuo Institute that got the news first. However, at this time, not many people in the Zhongzuo Institute paid attention to this matter, because Hong Xu not only came back, but also came back with a knife.
The case of adultery in the military uniform manufacturing workshop broke out, rumors spread on the island, and even the workshop was paralyzed. During Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Fujian, Hong Xu was transferred to Fuzhou Prefecture, because the Minjiang River was the hub of the Ming army, and the army's food and salary had to be transported by that river, so Zheng Chenggong had to send the most trustworthy people to sit in the town to ensure everything.
Since last year's storm, Hong Xu's work has been very busy, often to the point of staying up all night. It was not until recently, when the war had subsided a little, and the main work of the prefectures and counties had changed from military conquest to pacification and relief, and as those civilian officials such as Lu Ruoteng and Ye Yiyun began to take on a greater role, his work intensity was finally alleviated.
However, it seems that God doesn't intend to let him live in peace, as soon as the chaos in the left office came out, Zheng Chenggong came back from a walk, and directly sent him over again. And when Hong Xu went to the island, the first thing he did was to soak the pair of dogs and men in the pig cage, and pull out Feng Chengshi's cronies' family and behead them for public display.
The news, with conscious propaganda, soon spread throughout the island. Immediately afterwards, Hong Xu posted a notice that anyone who commits adultery with the family members of the generals and soldiers in the army must be executed according to this rule, and at the same time sent someone to arrest several women with long tongues, and pulled out their tongues in public on the grounds of falsely accusing people of innocence and causing death and injury.
Originally, it would take a long time for such a turmoil to calm down. Who knows, Hong Xu didn't plan to come back to appease and calm down, what he had to do was to maintain stability, and a knife to deter any impatience. The more messy it is, the more you have to use a quick knife, and he thinks best!
Hong Xu's harsh punishment quickly deterred the commotion on the island, and soon, as the turmoil quickly subsided, Chen Qi also made a positive response to the matter of the military uniform manufacturing workshop.
"The military uniform manufacturing workshop has resumed production, and those who are interested can sign up. If you need to work from home, you can also pay a mortgage, receive cloth and paper molds for home cutting, and receive a processing fee after passing the appraisal; You can also buy cloth from the workshop, receive paper molds, and return the payment for the cloth and receive the processing fee after passing the appraisal. Those who are interested can apply in front of the gate of the military uniform manufacturing workshop, and those with work experience are preferred. ”
Organized people, banged gongs, and walked the streets inside and outside the city, promoting these two new ways of working. It's like playing more at night, and the propaganda men are beating the gong and shouting hard. It's just that as soon as the case of cheating and rape came out, the reputation of the military uniform manufacturing workshop was not very good, no matter how hard they worked, no woman really came out to inquire about one or two, but behind those doors, there was still no shortage of whisperers.
"It would be nice to be able to work from home."
"Yes, the tailoring lady there comes down in a month, and if she works hard, she earns no less than a man."
"I'm afraid that if I get involved with that workshop, it will ruin my reputation."
"Cut, the name is to see if you can keep it, who dares to chew the root of your tongue, go directly to Uncle Hong and pull out her tongue!"
“……”
Although the female tailors in the military uniform manufacturing workshops are hard, they earn a lot of money, at least much more than those who help people wash clothes, sew and mend clothes. Moreover, he is still a student of the Ordnance Bureau, from Chen Kai to Feng Chengshi, he is very close to the matter of wages, and there are few deductions, and all that falls into his hands are real silver and copper coins. Now, what is hindered is nothing more than the influence of that pickled matter, and few people dare to act rashly.
Chen Qi responded, and in Lin Zhengzhong's small courtyard, several men sat around the table, talked about this matter in detail, praised Hong Xu's methods, and quickly turned to the current priorities.
"I didn't reply to us when I joined the army."
"There's no need to reply to us, that Chen Duzao has only been with the army for a long time, so helping him like this is naturally to help him gain a firm foothold, and it is not us who has benefited. Do you still need to write to us? ”
Compared with others, Tang Quanyou can see it more clearly. Soon, there were female workers in the military uniform manufacturing workshop, some of whom paid the mortgage to receive the cloth and took it back to make it, some simply bought the cloth, took it back and made it according to the paper mold and then sent it back to pay the price, and some simply came back to work directly. Gradually, the production capacity of the workshop was gradually restored in the succession of applications and rework.
Hong Xu's stern gaze, coupled with the new employment method of the military uniform manufacturing workshop, the turmoil gradually subsided, and everything was back on track. However, Feng Chengshi's side seems to have become the only victim of this turmoil.
"Father, I found out, and the first people to go back to work were the families of the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau."
Such an ending, Feng Chengshi had already guessed when he returned home. Feng Xifan, on the other hand, still seemed to be gritting his teeth, and he looked like he was eager to eat someone's flesh and sleep on someone's skin.
"Chen Qi has a few catties and taels, and my father knows best, this trick must have been taught by Chen Kai!"
At this point, there is no need to make the meaning of the words clear, the father and son have long been in their hearts. At this time, Feng Xifan wanted to say something more, but Feng Chengshi shook his head and signaled that his son didn't need to say more. It's just that the viciousness that flashes between the eyebrows from time to time is really chilling.
A few families are happy and a few are sad, and those who lose power are naturally dissatisfied, but as the beneficiary of this experience, Chen Qi is extraordinarily relaxed and happy.
I think that at the beginning, he was sent by Zheng Chenggong to the Ordnance Bureau to assist Chen Kai, who had already begun to take charge of local affairs. At that time, Chen Kai was in charge of the Ordnance Bureau and civil affairs at the same time, especially during the period of the Guangzhou Raiders and the Central Left Office, the affairs here were basically left to him to deal with, at most he was just in the general direction.
For him, although he is tired, he is in power, and there is always a high spirit in it. Until Chen Kai disappeared and Feng Chengshi took over, this Feng joined the army and never felt sorry for him, and he also valued his opinions and suggestions, but Feng Chengshi only had an errand in the Ordnance Bureau, which had swelled to almost the scale of today, and at most he gave some ideas to Zheng Chenggong, who was also in the Zhongzuo Institute.
Forbearance is necessary, because Chen Qi knows very well that his status in Zheng Chenggong's heart cannot be compared with Feng Chengshi. After all, his surname is Chen, but he is not Chen Kai. However, this does not mean that he will do nothing, now that Feng Chengshi is losing power, even if it is only temporary, he must seize the opportunity, and that greeting to Chen Kai is not only a request for advice, but also a letter of nomination.
"According to the report supervision, more than half of the military uniform manufacturing workshop has been reworked, and it is estimated that the output will basically recover this month."
"Well, you've done a good job, and you've taken the money and divided it. Next, we have to continue to work hard, and the mess there will be restored, and the official will be rewarded. ”
"Xie Du made a generous gift."
After waving off his cronies who were still campaigning for this, Chen Qi sat in the official room, carefully calculating the production of military uniforms, and even more importantly, estimating the needs of the army.
"I'm afraid that Fujian's army expansion will not be able to keep up for the time being, but the country surnamed Ye should not be in a hurry. Chen Fujun seems to have also mentioned the expansion of the army, which is another one. Wow, by the way, there are also Uncle Chen and Marquis Zhang from Nanzhili's side, there are a lot of soldiers there, but the Tartars are gathering heavy troops there, so it shouldn't be so easy to go ashore to expand the army. ”
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