Li Zicheng gathered the prisoners of war in the city, selected suitable soldiers, and recruited some young men from inside and outside the city, and organized them into the first regiment of Yingtianying, with Wang Zizhao as the commander and the rank of guerrilla general.

On the third day of the first lunar month, the soldiers who were originally stationed in Xianling returned, plus the recruited young and strong, and were organized into the second regiment of Yingtianying, with Wen Ruzhen, the chief military officer who had just surrendered to Chengcheng, as the regiment commander, and also the rank of guerrilla general.

He also transferred some officers from the Chengtian Battalion and the Fengtian Battalion to serve in the Yingtian Battalion, and temporarily trained outside the city, and Li Zicheng gave money to choose no more than half a month's training time, and after half a month, he would go to Xiangxi along the official road to begin the expedition against the most difficult Shizhou Guard.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Li Zicheng received a letter from Zhou Kun of the navy, which raided Jingzhou and captured Zhu Changrun, the governor of Huiyuan, Chen Ruimo, the governor of Biyuan, and Li Youlan, the fifth son of the late prime minister Zhang Juzheng......

In this letter, Zhou Kun proudly told Li Zicheng that the navy had seized a large amount of money and grain in King Hui's mansion in Jingzhou, and the cash alone exceeded 500,000 taels.

Although Li Zicheng was happy and pondered for a while, he still decided not to go to Jingzhou.

The navy army has taken Jingzhou, so there is no need to waste time running back and forth, as long as the local government is re-established, Jingzhou will become the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

He replied to Zhou Kun with a long letter, in which he told Zhou Kun to establish a local government belonging to the Mandate of Heaven Army in Jingzhou Mansion as soon as possible, and if possible, let the governor Chen Ruimo serve as the prefect of Jingzhou, or retain the original prefect, as for Zhu Changrun, the king of Hui, you don't have to be polite, and directly kill Liwei!

The grain obtained in the Huiwang Mansion is temporarily stored in the Jingzhou Mansion Treasury and does not need to be transported long distances.

Of the disposal of 500,000 taels of silver, 400,000 taels were transported to Xiangyang and delivered to the governor Zhang Dingyan, and the remaining 100,000 taels were left in Jingzhou as a salary for the expansion of the navy.

In addition to setting up supply bases along the way, the main fleet of the navy also had to go down the river and drive directly to Wuchang.

The naval army has been expanded to two battalions, and the original commander also needs to make large-scale adjustments, especially the fact that Zhou Kun is also the head of the regiment, which is obviously inappropriate, the number of soldiers has increased sharply, and the affairs of the chief general will also increase.

I don't know if Zhou Kun can adapt to the change of role, so he will act for the time being, but it really can't be done, and he will change it in the future.

At the end of the letter, in addition to asking Zhou Kun to move the shipyard to Jingzhou, Li Zicheng also promoted him: commander of the navy, with the rank of general of the leading staff.

After writing this letter, a smile appeared on Li Zicheng's face, and the navy entered Huguang and avoided the dangerous shoals of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and the warships would be built bigger and bigger, and they had taken a big step forward towards the goal of the navy.

Li Zicheng finished handling Zhou Kun's affairs, and then picked up another long letter, which was written by Sichuan Governor Guo Shijun, who knew that Zhou Kun was going east, so he asked Zhou Kun to pass it over.

In this long letter, Guo Shijun wrote a comprehensive view of his recent work, which is equivalent to a work report.

After Song Wen's 7th Battalion came to Henan, Zhao Guangrui's 2nd Regiment who stayed in Jianchang, Zhang Lingbu's 3rd Regiment in Kuizhou, and the Chengdu Guards were combined into the Qingtian Battalion, with Zhao Guangrui as the chief general and leading the rank of guerrilla general; Wu Qiu, Zhang Ling, and Sha Jinxun respectively served as the heads of each regiment.

The naturalization work in western and southern Sichuan has been fully opened, and it is entering a critical transition period, with the increasing number of Han people, the appeasement policy implemented by the local government, and the preferential taxation of the common people, etc., as long as there are two to three generations of accumulation and precipitation in a few decades, these areas should irreversibly become de facto Han lands.

Catholicism flourished in western and southern Sichuan, and even Chengdu and other Han regions built many churches, and initially built religious firewalls in western and southern Sichuan, effectively curbing the spread of Tibetan Buddhism to the east.

Agriculture, industry and commerce have been restored, and taxes have exceeded the level before the Mandate of Heaven entered Sichuan.

The main road with Chengdu as the center, passing through Long'an Mansion and Baoning Mansion to the north, leads directly to Longyou; to the south through Meizhou, Jiading, Jianchangfu, extending to Panzhihua; Oriental, Chengdu-Chongqing Fu Avenue has been completed; There is also a southeast avenue leading to Luzhou; The avenue centered on Chongqing, in addition to Chengdu in the west, reaches Zunyi Mansion in the south, and reaches Taiping County, Kuizhou Prefecture through Shunqing Mansion in the north, and can connect Hanzhong Mansion in the northwest and Xing'an County in the northeast at any time. There are also the Plateau Avenue from Longan Province to Songpan Province, the Avenue of Xuzhou Province and so on.

In this long letter, Guo Shijun also told Li Zicheng that the Panzhihua Iron and Steel Plant had been put into operation a year and a half ago, and that new education had appeared in Sichuan, but on a small scale, and that only the core areas of Chengdu, Chongqing, and Tongchuan Prefecture had established new government-run schools.

Finally, Guo Shijun talked about the setting up of local government offices.

The Sichuan Provincial Government has established a system of separation of powers between the provincial governor, the president of the court, and the president of the supervisory court, with the provincial governor responsible for civil affairs, the president of the court responsible for adjudicating criminal and civil cases, and the president of the supervisory court responsible for supervising all civil and military officials at the same level.

The three "chiefs" exercise their functions and powers independently, do not interfere with each other, and do not subordinate each other.

The Department of Personnel, the Department of Taxation, the Department of National Defense, the Department of Communications, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Industry and Commerce, the Department of Education, and the Ministry of Science and Technology shall be set up below the level of the governor, and each ministry shall exercise its powers, fulfill its obligations, and assume responsibilities under the unified leadership of the governor.

The provincial government model is gradually implemented in all prefectures and counties, and each prefecture and county can appropriately reduce the number of "departments" and "bureaus" according to the actual situation, but not increase, and implement it after reporting to the provincial government for approval.

Guo Shijun euphemistically told Li Zicheng that it is difficult to establish a parliamentary system for future generations, because first, the cultural level and ideas of the people cannot keep up, and second, the area is too wide, and it is impossible to convey information in a timely and accurate manner, and it is difficult to play its own balancing role.

Li Zicheng took a closer look at Chang Xinzai again, and he understood in his heart that Guo Shijun was not only reporting on his work, but also pointing out the direction for the development of the Mandate of Heaven Military Government.

The naturalization work in southern and western Sichuan and the promotion of Catholicism in the border areas not only stabilized Sichuan, but also provided practical experience for the future expansion of China.

The setting up of the local government in Sichuan Province not only provides an example for the setting of our local government, but also can guide the setting of the central government.

Separation of powers among the executive, judicial, and supervising?

It seems that no country has used this balancing act, but in the current situation, it seems that it is the best way, and if it does not work well, it can be reformed and improved in the future......

At present, less than 10% of the people are literate, and there is still a long way to go to train professional politicians.

If this model is used, it is necessary to build a clean and honest supervision contingent; no, it is far from enough to rely on supervision alone, and the key is to start from the source and take advantage of the opportunity of the initial establishment of China to train a group of officials with ideals.

It's easier said than done!

Li Zicheng thought of the central government, the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty is nondescript, and it must be abandoned, in the composition of the central government, the most important person, whether it is the prime minister or the prime minister, is not only the difference in title, but also the difference in the system.

There are also legal restrictions......

Li Zicheng suddenly discovered that in Guo Shijun's unofficial document, there is no Ministry of Justice in the provincial government, and any system must be guaranteed by law, and a system without legal protection may be destroyed by people with ulterior motives at any time!

Moreover, the people's legal awareness has been strengthened, which not only protects their own interests and maintains social stability, but also ensures the smooth operation and implementation of various systems and systems.

Even if there is a legal dispute, its destructive effect is much smaller than that of a military struggle, and if ideological disputes and regime change are confined to the scope of the law, it is a blessing for the nation and a sign of the country's maturity.

Li Zicheng called the system implemented by Guo Shijun in Sichuan the "Sichuan model", and the "Sichuan model" seems to be more suitable for the current China than the "Gansu model" that Mei Zhihuan is practicing, and the implementation of the "Sichuan model" does not mean that it will replace the "Gansu model".

The imperial court is still the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zicheng is not in a hurry now.

Li Zicheng thought for a long time, and then he wrote back to Guo Shijun, and after handing over the two letters to He Xiaomi, he felt a little tired, so he stood up and walked out of the study, it was already noon.

After lunch, Li Zicheng was walking around the street, and Niu Jinxing caught up from behind and handed a message to Li Zicheng, "Governor, my subordinates are fortunate not to be dishonored, and all the captured officials are willing to join the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

Among the civil and military officials captured in Chengtianfu, Wen Ruzhen, the commander of the reinforcement army, has already defected to the Heavenly Mandate Army, as the commander of the second regiment of the Yingtian Battalion, and is training outside the city at the moment.

Li Zicheng estimated that Niu Jinxing was probably broken by each one, and the captured civil and military officials were pulled to the side of the Heavenly Mandate Army one by one, no matter what means he used, it was also a merit to persuade these people to surrender, and the Heavenly Mandate Army was expanding greatly, and there was a shortage of a large number of magistrates.

He took the message and looked at it, and sure enough, there were many officials who had surrendered, and it was no surprise that these would serve in Chengtian Mansion or other prefectures and counties.

Seeing the name of Xiao Han in Zhong Xiangzhi County, Li Zicheng's heart didn't move.

The garrison of the Mandate of Heaven went south this time, mainly for the grain of Huguang, and the wealth of the Jianghan Plain was known to the whole world, but after the Mandate of Heaven Army came to Huguang, they did not see this kind of wealth.

From Fancheng to Xiangyang, and then to Chengtian now, along the way, the people are welcome.

The people welcome the Mandate of Heaven Army, on the one hand, the Mandate of Heaven Army has a good reputation, and more importantly, the people's life can't go on.

Rebellion is a murderous act!

Why are the people of Huguang poor? Is it drought, flood, locust plague, or is it a serious land annexation? Or was the imperial court's taxes too heavy?

Xiao Han, as Zhong Xiangzhi County, must be very familiar with the situation in this county, if the emperor asks someone to investigate, he may not dare to tell the truth, he is in Chengtian Mansion, he can investigate the people on the spot at any time, he will definitely not dare to deceive himself!

Li Zicheng pointed to Xiao Han on the list, and said lightly: "Mr. Niu, let this Zhong Xiangzhi go back to the county office, and I will summon him separately in the county office!" ”