Zhu Hongsan sat on the dragon chair and watched Tong Yangjia and Ma Jiyuan smear each other, and said loudly angrily: "Two gentlemen, stop, it's the imperial meeting, not to solve your personal grievances, if there is anything to go back and solve it yourself!" ”

Tong Yangjia and Ma Jiyuan saw that the emperor was angry, so they didn't speak, and they all returned to their seats and sat down.

Seeing that these two old guys didn't speak, Zhu Hongsan then asked, "Except for Mr. Tong and Mr. Ma, what are the opinions of the others?" ”

Li Zhi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhejiang should be attacked first. At present, only a few prefectures in Zhejiang Province are still in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the prefecture of Ningbo, which is less than 50 miles away from Zhoushan, is in our hands. However, a direct attack on Nanjing from the Yangtze River, although it can save a lot of time, is too dangerous, and if the Manchu Qing Dynasty really ambush a large number of troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River, then it is very likely that our entire army will be annihilated. On the contrary, there is no such trouble when landing in Zhejiang, so the minister suggested landing in Zhejiang and firing the first shot! ”

Li Zhijiu is in Zhejiang, his suggestion is very valuable for reference, Zhu Hongsan nodded after listening.

"Mr. Qian, what about your suggestion?"

Qian Qianyi, as a frequent acquaintance of Nanzhili, of course wanted to liberate his hometown as soon as possible, but the facts were in front of him, and it was indeed dangerous to attack Nanjing directly from the Yangtze River. In addition, Qian Qianyi and Tong Yangjia are now allies, so it's a bit bad not to speak for him.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that what Lord Tong said is right, it's better to start from Zhejiang!"

Hearing that most of his subordinates agreed to fight Zhejiang, Zhu Hongsan no longer hesitated, and said: "Okay, since this is the case, I have made up my mind, today is September 21, and nine days later, in early October, the first army will attack Hangzhou Mansion directly!" ”

Seeing that his suggestion was not adopted, Ma Jiyuan was unwilling, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Nanzhili is an important place in Beijing, and the minister thinks it would be good to set up another governor!" ”

Zhu Hongsan heard Ma Jiyuan say this, it is also very reasonable, after all, there are 18 prefectures in Nanzhili, and it is also the economic center of the whole of China, so it is better to set up multiple heads in this kind of place.

"Mr. Ma, do you have any good candidates?" Zhu Hongsan heard Ma Jiyuan say this, and knew that he had a candidate, after all, Ma Jiyuan was his father-in-law, and he still had to give face, and Zhu Hongsan also decided to agree to him as long as this candidate was not bad.

"Your Majesty, the minister recommended Zhang Guowei, the governor of the Hongguang Dynasty, to serve as this position, Lord Zhang has served as a magistrate for many years, and he has a lot of administrative experience!"

Zhang Guowei and Zhu Hongsan have seen it, and they are here today. In the past, Zhang Guowei served as the governor of Yingtian Shifu, and led the army to resist in Suzhou after the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied Nanjing, but Zhang Guowei was an administrative official and had no military talent, and the tens of thousands of troops that were finally organized were beaten by Li Chengdong back then.

Zhang Guowei listened to Ma Jiyuan's recommendation and his heart moved, he supported King Lu back then, he thought that Emperor Shenwu could only serve as an imperial history or something, but he didn't expect his same year Ma Jiyuan to be so powerful, and recommended himself to be the governor of Yingtian.

Zhu Hongsan was just about to promise Ma Jiyuan, but Tong Yangjia stood up on the side and had something to say.

"Your Majesty, the governor of Yingtian belongs to the important land of Gyeonggi, and the minister feels that it is better to use an honest and serious person, and the minister recommends Lu Shiyuan, the squire of the Ministry of Construction, as the governor of Yingtian!"

Lu Shiyuan is Tong Yangjia's fellow acquaintance when he served as the prefect of Qiongzhou, and Tong Yangjia's department is good, Tong Yangjia has also taken good care of him in recent years, and he was promoted to the Ministry of Construction last year. Lu Shiyuan is a jinshi in the second year of Chongzhen, and his qualifications are not as strong as Zhang Guoweiqiang in the second year of the Apocalypse, but fortunately, Lu Shiyuan boarded Zhu Hongsan's ship early, and now he is from the second rank to the second rank of the governor.

"Tong Yangjia, who do you recommend? In the past, he was just a fellow intellectual, how could he be qualified for such an important position as the governor of Yingtian? Is there any collusion between you Tong Yangjia and Lu Shiyuan? ”

"Ma Jiyuan, I don't have any collusion with Lu Shiyuan, you and Zhang Guowei are in the same year, isn't it true, do you recommend the same year as cronyism?"

Zhu Hongsan had a headache when he heard that Ma Jiyuan and Tong Yangjia started fighting again, what should I do? Zhu Hongsan suddenly remembered, why didn't he divide Ying Tian into two? Aren't Anhui and Jiangsu provinces separate in later generations?

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the province system of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty was inherited, but it was really inconvenient, the Mongols in order not to make the Han people rebel, in the division of provinces not according to the mountains and rivers terrain setting, but to disrupt the whole country and redivide, of course, this has a positive effect on maintaining the unity of the country, but in peacetime traffic has become a big trouble. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the provinces of the Yuan Dynasty were reformed, and the system of two capitals and thirteen envoys was formed. I don't know that Zhu Yuanzhang's nerve is wrong, and in a province he has to come up with three envoys who do not govern each other, and in addition, the Chinese like to pull off everything they do, so that many central government affairs cannot be promoted.

In this way, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in order to better govern the locality, the governor system was established. At first, the governor was not a local chief, but a central official assigned to the central government for a specific purpose, and he had to return to the central government after the matter was done. However, with the increase in the population of the provinces, coupled with the serious land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty, the affairs of various provinces began to increase, and the political system of separation of powers set by Zhu Yuanzhang began to be out of date, so the governor system became a de facto magistrate.

But this governor at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the governor of the Qing Dynasty are not the same, the governor system at the end of the Ming Dynasty is not necessarily a governor of a province, maybe a governor will be set up in a prefecture, or a governor may be set up in more than a dozen prefectures, Zhang Guowei is an example, he served as the governor of ten prefectures.

However, the governor of the Qing Dynasty was not like this, in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the governor became customized, and he became the supreme governor of a province, in charge of all the civil, financial, judicial, and military powers of a province, and his power was heavier than that of the governor of later generations, after all, the governor of later generations did not concurrently serve as the commander of the provincial military district.

Zhu Hongsan thought that this would ask Li Chengen to bring the map of the whole country of the Ming Dynasty, although the map of the Ming Dynasty was not ideal, but the general location of each province could still be seen clearly.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the map and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, look at the map. After more than 200 years of peace in the Ming Dynasty, the population of each province has increased, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces divided by Emperor Taizu in the early years are now out of date, so I am ready to re-divide the provinces, what do you think? ”

The redivision of provinces is a big deal, and it can only be done by a unified dynasty, but now Emperor Shenwu has only accounted for a quarter of the country to divide the provinces, which is really a bit funny.

Tong Yangjia stood up and said: "Your Majesty, of course it is a good thing to redraw the provinces, but now the top priority is the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and the major event of dividing the provinces should be left for later!" ”

Although Ma Jiyuan hated Tong Yangjia, he stood with Tong Yangjia in this matter, but Ma Jiyuan didn't speak, just nodded incessantly to agree with what Tong Yangjia said.

Zhu Hongsan saw that his suggestion was not passed, and he also knew that he was a little anxious. After thinking about it, he said: "Otherwise, there are a total of eighteen prefectures in Nanzhili, how about dividing it into two provinces?" ”

Split into two? This is not bad, two provincial and ministerial-level senior officials came out at once, Tong Yangjia and Ma Jiyuan, who are vested interests, of course, have nothing to say.

Seeing that the ministers had no objections, Zhu Hongsan continued: "It's good for everyone to agree, so that Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Yingtian, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, and Guangde will set up Jiangsu Province, and the administrative office will be located in Yingtian Nanjing, and the governor will be Zhang Guowei; Fengyang, Chuzhou, Luzhou, Hezhou, Taiping, Ningguo, Chizhou, Huizhou, Anqing nine provinces set up Anhui Province, the administrative office is located in Anqing, the governor is Lu Shiyuan; The governor of Nanzhili was changed to the governor of Liangjiang, and the governor of Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui provinces was in charge of government affairs, military affairs, food and salary, and Jiangjiang affairs, and the governor was Mr. Ma. ”

Ma Jiyuan couldn't help but admire Zhu Hongsan very much, he didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to be so superb in political means for a few years, now everyone is satisfied, Tong Yangjia got a provincial high-ranking official, Zhang Guowei also became the governor of a province, and he is also in charge of the government affairs, military affairs, money and food of the three provinces, and all parties have no opinions at all. You must know that Zhu Hongsan now has four governors under his command, one is Li Zhi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, one is in charge of Guangdong and Fujian, the other is Feng Ziyong, who is in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, and there is also Xu Dali, the governor of Luzon, who has jurisdiction over a population that is not as large as one in the Central Plains, and then Ma Jiyuan, who is in charge of the three provinces. Compared with the other three, Ma Jiyuan can be called a high and powerful position, thinking of this, Ma Jiyuan can't help but have a bad breath that has been in Luzon for many years.

In fact, Zhu Hongsan gave Ma Jiyuan so much power to make up for Boss Ma, after all, he didn't mix well with the four people who followed him back then, and Zhu Hongsan killed most of Ma Jiyuan's family back then, so he really didn't want to go, so he took this opportunity to make up for his cheap father-in-law.

Zhu Hongsan saw that the ministers had no opinions, and said to Zhang Huangyan of the Military Aircraft Department: "Xuanzhu, since everyone has no opinion, your Military Aircraft Department will draft the decree, and submit it to the cabinet to inform the whole country after printing!" ”

Zhang Guowei saw that no one objected to the ministers, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and saluted: "Thank you for your majesty's trust, the minister will live up to Your Majesty's expectations, and he will definitely govern Jiangsu!" ”

Of course, there are not no people who oppose it, Tong Yangjia is not very comfortable, although he also got a position of governor for his cronies, but Ma Jiyuan became the governor of the three provinces. Tong Yangjia secretly regretted that it was better not to fight with Ma Jiyuan just now, and give him the governor of Yingtian, but now this is really worth the loss. But now that the raw rice has become cooked rice, I can't object to it, and if I raise objections now, won't I become a capricious villain? His cronie Lu Shiyuan also complained about himself.