In the Imperial Palace of the Old Mountain Palace, Zhu Cihong, the great son of the Heavens, was interviewing a candidate for the second assistant of the principality at this time - not alone, but eleven people came in a group.

The person who came to take the exam was named Wang Jinbao, less than forty years old, as strong as a bear, with a dark face, a scruffy beard, and a fierce face, he was not a good person at first glance!

And this guy's resume is also full of evil deeds, when he was under Zuo Liangyu (he is Daniel Zhang's man), he did not do less bad things about arson and looting. Later, he followed Zhu Cizhao into Yunnan to quell the rebellion, and slaughtered many Tusi walled cities that supported Shadingzhou.

Later, Li Dingguo called, and he and Daniel Zhang escaped with Zhu Cizhao, and by the way, occupied the capital of Annan Kingdom, Shenglong, - he was the one who took the lead in rushing into Shenglong City! As for what he did after entering the city, he knew it with his heels.

After ruining Shenglong, he led his troops to take the waterway to occupy the city, and it was another murder and arson

After two years of honesty in Champ, he followed Daniel Zhang to Siam, and as soon as he arrived, he occupied the golden city of others. Then he fought with the Dashun army in Siam and drove them back to Burma, while he led his troops to recover the city of Ayutthaya and another round of looting!

In short, this guy will spoil wherever he hits, and his destructive power is greater than that of the enemy! After the Great Navy, even Zhu Cizhao couldn't stand him anymore, so he simply recommended him to go to the Twelve Duchyes as a secondary assistant.

In Zhu Cihong's vision, the first assistant of the Twelve Duchyes should be good at management, and he should also serve as the "mayor" of the city, which is a Xiao He-style character.

The secondary assistant of the principality requires the military officer to lead the troops together, and he is the officer who charges into battle, and he must be a ruthless man.

This Wang Jinbao is a little bad, but he is still competent

Zhu Cihong began to look at Wang Jinbao's subordinates again, and at a glance, he saw a seventy-year-old old man, who also looked vicious, not like a good person!

"What's the matter with you, old man? Is it seventy? "Zhu Cihong is a little dissatisfied, he is so old, can he still do bad things?

But as soon as the old man spoke, Zhu Cihong was relieved.

"Your Majesty, mine, Yamamoto Shigesumi, the work of the Red Iron Artillery Army, although he is seventy-three years old, he can fight greatly!" This old man turned out to be Shigesumi Yamamoto. In the past two years, I have been doing bad things in Beidani, and I am also familiar with Wang Jinbao's bad species - people gather like people!

"You're Japanese?" Zhu Cihong nodded, this is relieved - this is a bad person who is old, and he is still working hard to do evil at a young age, and his spirit is commendable!

"Yes, yes, mine is the samurai of Japan, a great loyalty!" Yamamoto Shigesumi is still trying to express himself - he is very afraid of being "brushed" by Emperor Zhu.

Because this is also his last struggle!

The old man can't help it, for the continuation of the Yamamoto family, he can't work hard!

His wife disappeared in Nagasaki and took his second son with him. And his eldest son disappeared in the war in Kitakyushu, and it is estimated that he is no longer alive.

And when he followed the barbarian general Xu Zhengjing on the expedition, he took a seventeen or eighteen-year-old Japanese girl, and recently gave birth to a son named Yamamoto Seventy-three

In order to leave a share of the family business for Yamamoto Seventy-three, the old man did not dare to rest, and he followed Wang Jinbao to respond to the "interview" in Tianfu at a large age.

At this time, Wang Jinbao also spoke for Grandpa Yamamoto: "Emperor, don't look at this old man's age, in fact, he is still quite capable of fighting, especially good at commanding the musket team, notoriously vicious!" During the fight against Pattani, he led a battalion of musketeers to defeat the three musket brigades of Pattani, Perak and Johor! Those are all elite soldiers trained by the Dutch! ”

It turned out that the Dutch East India Company was not idle, and had been working hard to arm Pattani, Perak, Johor, and Aceh all these years, and also helped them train new armies - all trained according to the tactics of the Morris phalanx, and their combat effectiveness was not weak.

However, in the Battle of Pattani, these elite soldiers encountered the hematite artillery army trained in the Japanese Civil War, and they were naturally not opponents and were beaten to the ground.

And Yamamoto Shigecheng performed well on the battlefield of Pattani, which entered Wang Jinbao's eyes!

"In that case," Zhu Cihong nodded, "Then let him follow you to do a good job, Jinbao, you have to do it well!" What I can do now is just an empty earl, and whether you can become a real lord depends on your ability! ”

That's the interview!

Wang Jinbao became an earl, and Yamamoto Chongcheng can take a ten-mile man under Wang Jinbao's earl and also have 4,000 acres of land, and he can pass it on to Yamamoto Seventy-three in the future!

"Minister Peng Ziqin respectfully asks His Majesty the Emperor to be Sheng'an, long live my emperor, long live it"

The wicked Wang Jinbao and Yamamoto Shigecheng left the Imperial Palace with their front feet, and Peng Ziqin, Ye Jiaxin and the other nine people walked in in a group and kowtowed.

Zhu Cihong looked at them, these eleven people didn't seem to be as evil as Wang Jinbao!

And this Peng Ziqin's resume is also much cleaner, most of the time is a civilian, that is, when he served as the governor of the Golden State, he also served as a soldier and horse envoy - most of the towns are at the forefront, so the governor is generally a soldier and horse envoy.

In addition, this man also made an envoy to India, met the "world conqueror" Aurangzeb in Delhi, and signed a treaty with him about the Khanate of Guadikha.

The ability is still a little, so I don't know if it's evil enough?

"Peng Ziqin," Zhu Cihong began to ask, "I ask you, if I order you to take charge of a principality in Malacca, what do you think is the most important thing?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty," Peng Ziqin said, "I think the most important thing is education!" There have always been Han merchant activities in the Malacca area, and they were once quite popular, but they have always been businessmen without Confucianism, and culture and education are not prosperous, so it is difficult to last.

The Dutch, Portuguese, Persian, and Arabs, on the other hand, not only engaged in commerce, but also built churches and missionary education. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded.

It seems that this guy has not been in vain in all these years in the Jing Navy and the Western Army, and he has learned something.

"But can we learn from others?" Zhu Cihong asked, "How are the schools in the Golden State running now?" Are there many people who study Confucianism? ”

"Your Majesty," Peng Ziqin said with a smile on his face, "Now that the Golden State has established a state school, hired Confucian students from Liangguang to teach Confucian scriptures, and also opened a branch school in Ayutthaya City, and many children of the nobles of Siam have also enrolled in it. Because Siam will soon open the imperial examination, the children of the nobles will have to study the Confucian scriptures to take the examination if they want to become officials. ”

"It's not easy!" Zhu Cihong smiled.

In order to convince King Nalei to open the imperial examination, Zhu Cihong did not work hard, and now he is finally about to succeed!

Peng Ziqin said with a smile: "As long as the Twelve Duchies can also open a department to take scholars, then the Confucian classics will definitely become a prominent study, and it will be much easier to educate."

In addition, the minister also planned to recruit monks from the Ming Dynasty and Japan to open temples in Malacca, cooperate with the school, and educate people's hearts together. ”

"That's all?" Zhu Cihong was still a little uneasy.

Peng Ziqin said, "It is not easy to do these well, and the battle of Malacca in the south must be very fierce, the Dutch are not weak, and Johor, Aceh, Perak and other countries are controlled by the Netherlands, it is difficult to know how to return, so Malacca is likely to become a white land after the war!" ”

Zhu Cixun nodded and sighed, "Fortunately, Daniel Zhang, Xu Zhengjing, Wang Jinbao, Zhao Liangdong, Shi Lang and other members all know benevolence and righteousness and will not kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers also know benevolence and righteousness like Admiral Zhang, General Bing Wang, and General Bing Zhao." Peng Ziqin also said, "The minister has been in Nanyang for many years, and he knows that the local situation is complicated, and the miscellaneous religions are like a mess, and it is necessary to practice benevolence and righteousness. ”

Sure enough, he is a benevolent and righteous official! Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Since that's the case, you can do it well!" I hope you can remember today's words, and you must practice benevolence and righteousness like Daniel Zhang, Xu Zhengjing, and Wang Jinbao, and convince people with virtue. ”