After the banquet, Wang Yue stayed at the governor's house, and Zhang Guowei's family went to the post station, and he hadn't left for the time being, so the two still had time to sit and drink tea and chat.

"Lord Wang, when you take office, you should take up a meeting with the local authorities." Zhang Guowei kindly reminded.

It is said that when the governor of the heavens took office, the first thing he did was to meet with the Nanjing Sixth Department and the eunuchs who guarded Nanjing. The Six Ministries of Nanjing have no subordinate relationship with the governor of Yingtian, and they are all directly under the central government, but their rights overlap. On the surface, all the armies of Nanzhili were under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Military Department.

The second thing is to gather civil officials from all over the country to be familiar with each other, and to understand the local situation, otherwise it will be a black eye.

Wang Yue smiled and said: "Thank you Lord Zhang for reminding me that the issues that Wang is concerned about are different from what Lord Zhang thinks, and Wang is about to go to the front line to suppress bandits, and the time is limited." ”

Zhang Guowei is also kind-hearted, Wang Yue was very simple when he took over, and did not quarrel with him, in return, he still explained some of the things he thought he should explain, and reminded all the things that should be reminded, and then he resigned.

He didn't have much friendship with Wang Yue, mainly because he was worried that Wang Yue was young and Hu Lai, and some of Wang Yue's actions in Beijing made him very uneasy. The tea talk in the early morning is a bit like the earnest teaching of the elders to the younger generations.

But now that I've left office, there's only so much I can do. Wang Yue was also very polite to this water conservancy expert and personally sent him out.

Zhang Guowei has been promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, the right attendant of the Ministry of Soldiers, the governor of the river channel, and the major matter of money and grain for the four towns of Xu (Zhou), Lin (Qing), Tianjin (Gate), and Tong (Zhou), which is also a fat shortage.

In history, Zhang Guowei was promoted to the secretary of the military department in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and the following year, the Qing soldiers invaded Gyeonggi, and the officials handed over the chapter to impeach, and Zhang Guowei was dismissed and returned to Li. Unexpectedly four months later, he was investigated and arrested and sent to Beijing. Passing through Suzhou, tens of thousands of people stopped Luobai and wept for the "life sacrifice". In the first month of the following year, that is, in 1644, when the Ming Dynasty died, the people of Suzhou went to Beijing to petition for forgiveness of Zhang Guowei. In February, Zhang Guowei was released from prison and resumed his old job.

After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Guowei insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty and committed suicide in the defeat of Shunzhi in the third year.

It can be seen that Zhang Guowei's influence in Suzhou, can Wang Yue be disrespectful?

There are still too few officials like Zhang Guowei, what kind of virtue are most of the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yue knows in his heart, if he completely relies on them, then nothing can be changed. In fact, this is all caused by the system, because the system causes these people not to do practical things, so it is not the most important thing to see the local civil officials.

The maids and subordinates in the governor's line were all sent away with some money to settle down. A platoon of the Marine Corps was stationed in the Governor's Yard to take over the defense, and the financial personnel who came with Wang Yue were also stationed in the Governor's Yard, and the Governor's Expedition will also be renovated into modern facilities in the future.

Sending Zhang Guowei away, Wang Yue ordered: "Chen Zaiming! ”

"Here!"

"Let's go!"

"Yes!"

The rumbling sound of engines resounded through the streets of Suzhou in the early morning, shattering the early morning tranquility, and the small traders and travelers who got up early to make a living watched the strange motorcade in amazement.

The streets of Suzhou are not wide, and the appearance of two horse-drawn carriages can be passed, and the bluestone pavement, the crawler press up to make a crisp sound, which can be transmitted far away in the quiet early morning.

The convoy soon came to a Ming army camp outside Suzhou, and the Ming soldiers outside the barracks were dozing off with a big gun.

Jiao Keda, a guerrilla general who stayed in the barracks at night, hurriedly got up and hurriedly came to the gate of the camp to check the situation, but he didn't have time to wash his face urgently.

He had seen this chariot yesterday, and knew that it had been brought by the new governor.

He also attended yesterday's banquet, and when he saw Wang Yue coming out of the car, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted on one knee and said, "The last general, Jiao Keda, see Lord Zhongcheng." ”

Wang Yue ordered expressionlessly: "General Jiao, Benxian has come to patrol the camp today and let your soldiers line up." ”

"The last general will obey the order!"

This is the guerrilla standard battalion directly under the governor of Yingtian, and the Ming troops who came out of the barracks dragged their feet, some were wearing shoes, some were wearing pants, dragging big guns, and hanging waist knives on their waists. It took half an hour to get the line on its feet.

During this process, all the soldiers of the Tiance Army, including Wang Yue, stood in place like javelins, motionless.

Today, Wang Yue suddenly came to the barracks to inspect, Jiao Keda didn't know what the purpose of the new governor was, but for the sake of face, he urged his soldiers to stand up quickly.

But his soldiers are loose and sloppy, and they are almost the same as refugees compared to the Tiance army.

Wang Yue was also looking at these Ming troops, about seven or eight hundred people, half of them were between thirty and fifty years old, and there were more than a hundred and a half old children. There are only more than 100 people in the real young and strong, and there are still thirty or forty family members who are neatly dressed.

Compared with the Tiance Army, these Ming troops are indeed like Huazi. Most people's mandarin duck jackets have pudding, and they have been washed white, and of course it looks like they haven't been washed for a long time.

After they finished standing in the team, Wang Yue walked over in front of the team and looked at it, and asked Jiao Kedao quietly: "General Jiao, how many soldiers do you have in total?" ”

The sweat on Jiao Ke's brain came out, and he quickly wiped it and said, "Seven hundred and sixty-three." "He can't help but tell the truth, what if the governor wants to count the number of people.

Wang Yue pulled out a pamphlet, threw it in his face with a snap, and shouted: "According to the roster, isn't it fifteen hundred?" What about the others? Let you eat? ”

Jiao Keda sweated more, he didn't dare to look at Wang Yue, lowered his head and said: "In wartime, we will recruit people to serve as auxiliaries and miscellaneous soldiers." It's all over the place. Only the nine sides are different, and the lowly position is also following the trend. ”

Wang Yue knew that what he said was the truth, and the food and salary of the imperial court were cut by three to fifty percent when they left the household department, and when they arrived at the place, the governor scraped a layer less. In the hands of these people, at most, fifty percent, or even thirty percent, what can they do if they don't eat empty salaries? This is still the governor's direct subordinate troops, and they only eat half of the empty salary.

Wang Yue asked again: "How many days does your soldier do it?" ”

At the mention of this, Jiao Keda became a little arrogant and said: "Usually it is every ten days. "This training frequency is already diligent in the Ming army.

Wang Yue was a little angry when he saw him talk about this, and he didn't feel a little funny. He turned back to Chen Zaiming and said, "Battalion Commander Chen, let your soldiers line up and walk up for the brother troops to see." ”

"Yes!"

Chen Zaiming ordered loudly: "All assemble and line up in platoons!"