The next day, in the inner courtyard of the Shanghai County Ya, Feng Yunshan, who had eaten meals, immediately summoned the accompanying officials again: Wu Jianzhang, Liu Kunyi, and Huang Wei. As for Guo Songtao, Feng Yunshan had already decided to let him go to the West again, allowing him to return to his hometown in Hunan to save his relatives, and set off before dawn. Zhang Zhidong himself is the county magistrate of Shanghai, and now in the Shanghai county office, in his territory, he naturally can't escape, and he follows Liu Shengbang to serve in front of the emperor early in the morning.

The first person to see was Wu Jianzhang. Feng Yunshan was a little disdainful of this Manchu official who had followed Lin Zexu to make meritorious contributions to smoking and become a comprador, but he saw that he had dealt with the rest of the foreigners for many years and had a wide range of contacts, and he submitted to the Chinese Empire in Europe, and gave up the wealth of the Manchu Qing important minister Su Shun to Europe to buy warships to win over foreigners, and also assisted Guo Songtao to conceal foreigners and buy warships in the name of Manchu envoys, making a lot of contributions, so Feng Yunshan was ready to give him a chance to be loyal to the empire. Naturally, firstly, Wu Jianzhang's family members are in his own hands, and secondly, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has perished, and it is unlikely that there will be a resurgence, this Wu Jianzhang was originally just a sweat man, and he did not have much loyalty to the Manchu Dynasty, and there was no longer any threat.

"Sinners greet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" As soon as Wu Jianzhang was led into the inner hall by Liu Shengbang, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted long live. Although he knew that the emperor would probably not kill him, because he knew that his children and grandchildren were still in Shengjing, how to deal with it depended on his performance, and he had reached the age when he was about to be half of his body in the ground, what else could he do if he didn't behave better?

"Mr. Wu doesn't have to be polite! Speaking of which, I am still a fellow villager with the old gentleman, and they are all from Guangzhou. I am very happy that the old gentleman can abandon the darkness and turn to the light and return to the court! Feng Yunshan stepped forward in person, ready to help Wu Jianzhang, but was blocked by Liu Shengbang. Although Wu Jianzhang is almost 70 years old, he may be from a person in the rivers and lakes, and he still looks like a powerful force, Liu Shengbang, who protects the emperor's safety, naturally can't let him approach Feng Yunshan easily.

Wu Jianzhang was also interested, and hurriedly got up by himself, "Sinners deserve to die!" The sinners did not return to the court sooner. ”

Feng Yunshan waved his hand and said directly: "Okay." From then on, it is necessary to serve me and the Han people's own court. I am ready to appoint you as the Imperial Envoy to Luzon and unite the Chinese who make a living on Luzon. I may tell you that the Empire will soon annex Luzon, and therefore, in order to smooth the handover and eliminate unnecessary incidents, it is necessary to have someone who is familiar with the affairs of the foreigners. You happen to be the right person, and you are from Guangdong, and most of the Chinese compatriots over there are also from Guangdong and Fujian, and you are good at talking, and it is better to recruit some reliable people to form a regimental organization, and I will let the Nanyang Fleet send some weapons to you, and be ready to organize the local Chinese to take over Luzon at any time. There are some things you don't have to know, you just need to know that whether it works out or not, Luzon has to become a province of the Chinese Empire. ”

Wu Jianzhang only then knew what he was going to do, didn't he let himself go back to the time when he licked the knife in his early years? Wu Jianzhang knew that this was the only chance the emperor gave him, and his mind flew and he quickly thought of the cause and effect. This is obviously that the imperial court wants to occupy the Luzon Islands, but it cannot openly send troops to occupy it, and wants to use the local Chinese as pawns in the form of non-military forces, so that they can go forward to integrate them and occupy Luzon through rebellion or even violent uprisings.

But do you have a choice? Besides, now that the Chinese Empire is so powerful, although it is risky to take Luzon, it is not impossible. If you don't take risks, where will you get rich?

Thinking of this, Wu Jianzhang nodded: "Your Majesty, the criminals obey the order, if you can't let Luzon submit to my China, the criminals and future generations will all be disposed of by the imperial court!" ”

Feng Yunshan smiled: "Very good!" Wu Aiqing rest assured, your family members are all in Shengjing, I will treat them well, you can rest assured to go to Luzon. By the way, I forgot to tell Wu Aiqing, then Fernando, the Spanish governor of Luzon, will turn a blind eye. ”

Wu Jianzhang was overjoyed, bowed to the side and stepped aside, saw the emperor waving his hand, and hurriedly followed Liu Shengbang out of the inner hall.

Feng Yunshan originally wanted to appoint Wu Jianzhang to still govern Shanghai, but he heard that Wu Jianzhang had been impeached for embezzling tariffs and silver taels during the Manchu Dynasty, so he finally gave up the idea of letting him supervise the Shanghai Customs. Look at his performance in Luzon, if he performs well, the eldest grandson named Wu Chaoyue, who inherited his mantle, can be used, and I heard that he is also proficient in foreigners and business.

The next to be brought in were Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong, for these two people, to this day, Feng Yunshan finally made up his mind to adjust their positions.

Seeing that both of them had complicated expressions on their faces, Feng Yunshan chuckled and said, "Relax, I'm still a Ming Jun, I won't raid your home and cut off your heads at every turn." ”

A joke that put Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong at ease. Liu Kunyi didn't expect that Feng Yunshan, the dignified emperor, would actually talk like this, which really surprised him.

On the contrary, it was Zhang Zhidong, after all, he was an official for the first time, and he didn't care, but intentionally or unintentionally imitated the emperor's style of acting.

"The two Aiqing must think that I don't have the appearance and majesty of being an emperor, right?" Feng Yunshan glanced at Liu Kunyi, who was a little surprised: "The two Aiqing should sit down, Brother Liu knows that I don't want to put on a majestic stand for the deputy emperor at all, I'm too tired." I really envy my previous life. ”

Seeing that the two of them didn't react, Feng Yunshan didn't say anything more, and said directly to Zhang Zhidong first: "Zhang Aiqing has a good reputation as the county magistrate of Shanghai, I am very happy, and I am ready to let you move." After speaking, he looked at Liu Kun on the side: "Liu Aiqing, you have to move too." I have a new place in Nanyang, and now there is a lack of people to educate and preach the royal way, just right, Aiqing was born as a scholar, and he has studied Confucianism very deeply. Don't underestimate this important task, it is much more important than Aiqing's current position as the prefect of Songjiang! ”

"I am going to send you Aiqing as the first governor of Java, unite the local Chinese compatriots to govern the indigenous barbarians, preach the way of Confucianism, and submit them by force, and at the same time immigrate from Huguang, Sichuan and other places to develop it in depth and develop it into a breeding place for China. So, can Aiqing understand the meaning behind this important task? ”

Liu Kun was a little dazed and frustrated at first, probably thinking that the emperor disliked him for not governing as well as Shanghai County in Songjiang Mansion, but when he heard Feng Yunshan's words, his heart suddenly became hot again. Although it is somewhat remote, it is at least the position of the governor. Moreover, the key is that he became the first governor of Najava, which is really no different from the amazing feat of opening up the territory. If he can really govern this overseas Java into a permanent breeding place for the Chinese people, future generations of Chinese children will survive and reproduce in that land, and they will remember their names for the rest of their lives, which can be described as a hundred generations. Thinking about it, Liu Kun felt that his heart was hot, Confucian children, isn't it the thing that values this kind of famous history the most, how can he let go of this earth-shattering opportunity?

He nodded fiercely: "Weichen obeys!" His Majesty valued him, Weichen is grateful and will not fail in his mission. ”

Liu Kunyi's matter has been decided, and Zhang Zhidong will be arranged here.

Feng Yunshan said his thoughts in front of Liu Kunyi: "I want Zhang Aiqing to go to Wuchang, an important town in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, to serve as the prefect of Wuchang Prefecture and the director of the Wuchang Machinery Manufacturing Bureau. As for the position of county magistrate of Shanghai County, Zeng Jize took over. ”

Zhang Zhidong didn't expect that when he was doing a good job, he would be transferred to Wuchang Mansion, but it was a promotion. At the age of just over twenty years old, it is a prefect, which is rare. However, why is it Wuchang Mansion? Moreover, he is also the director of the Wuchang Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, which should be His Majesty's ability to run his own factory.

Zhang Zhidong doesn't know who Zeng Jize is, but Liu Kunyi knows very well that this Zeng Jize is not his hometown, the eldest son of Zeng Guofan? It's not yet twenty, it seems that the emperor deliberately let him go through it. He is not jealous, he can become a prefect at the age of less than 30 years old, and then directly promoted to the governor of a region, although this is the governor of a newly occupied land overseas, which is not the same thing as the former Manchu governor of Yipin, but the emperor is particularly fond of himself.

After Feng Yunshan asked Liu Zhang and the others to go out, he called Huang Wei, the commander of the 14th Infantry Division, in. Huang Wei was the leader of the uprising of the Little Knife Society in Xiamen, Fujian, and because of his military talent, he was promoted to division commander after returning to the army. However, because the agents of the Special Services Department detected that Huang Wei had illegally sold a small number of muskets and bullets to the Jianghu gang members of the Shanghai Knife Society, Feng Yunshan summoned him by the way when he came to Shanghai to see what he could explain. Moreover, from yesterday to today, he was given another day, but he did not come to see him to explain the matter. It seems that he still thinks that he does not have the information about him.

"Huang Aiqing, your fourteenth division adheres to the capital of Su Song Taisan, guarding the richest place in the empire and guarding the gate of the Yangtze River, which can be described as a high degree of hard work!" Feng Yunshan glanced at Liu Shengbang, Liu Shengbang spread his hand, saying that Huang Wei did not have any weapons on him, so he was relieved to go straight to the point and provoke the topic, but with sarcasm. It's no wonder that Feng Yunshan is a little angry, as a high position as the commander of an infantry division, he even resells weapons and digs his own corners.

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to take credit, it's all the soldiers of the 14th Division who ...... with their hearts"

"Smack!" Feng Yunshan suddenly dropped the pen holder in the hall to the ground, which shocked Huang Wei's heart, "Do you still know that it is the credit of the soldiers, not the credit of you Huang alone?" Say, what have you done? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty of capital crimes! A while ago, a few fellow Tong'an villagers came to Weichen and wanted to buy dozens of muskets, but Weichen couldn't refuse, thinking that those old-fashioned flintlock muskets in the army would soon be replaced with firing muskets and Dresser needle muskets anyway, and the price they offered was high, so he agreed. Weichen is guilty of capital crimes, and I hope that Your Majesty will spare Weichen this time for the sake of Weichen leading tens of thousands of brothers from the Little Knife Society in Fujian to return to obedience! Huang Wei knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again, his forehead was full of blood.

Liu Shengbang next to him shouted fiercely: "Huang Wei, you have received the grace of Your Majesty, you don't think about retribution, you don't want to repent of making a big mistake, but you are blackmailing Your Majesty with some old merits here, you really deserve death!" ”

Hearing Liu Shengbang beside Emperor Jia say this, Huang Wei was even more panicked, and wanted to crawl over while kneeling, crying again and again: "Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty, please be gracious!" Please be gracious, Your Majesty! But Liu Shengbang stepped forward to stop him.

Feng Yunshan waved his hand and sighed: "That's it, since you talked about your merits, the tens of thousands of Little Knife Society brothers led by me will return to me, and I will not be able to kill you." I didn't want to kill you in the first place. However, you can't wear this skin anymore, otherwise I don't know if you Huang Wei will make trouble one day, not only selling guns but also cannons, and bombing me with one shot! Passing on my will, he dismissed Huang Wei from the post of commander of the 14th Infantry Division, retained his military position, and first returned to Shengjing with me, where he was examined at the General Staff. ”

After dealing with Huang Wei's matter, Feng Yunshan was exhausted, and Liu Shengbang's comforting words came from his ears: "Your Majesty, rest assured, those original Xiaodao congregations are not fools, even if Your Majesty beheads Huang Wei, no one will give up such a life and betray the court because of following him." ”

Feng Yunshan patted Liu Shengbang on the shoulder, and felt relieved in his heart, indeed, those small knife congregations and heaven and earth congregations are all ordinary people of the empire, and they are also in order to live a good life, and now they are very preferential to the soldiers of the captive army, their lives are very good, and no one wants to go back to live a hard life. This is destined to follow themselves to the end, and they are for their good. Suddenly