Fang Yuan returned to Jiangnan from Suzhou, and it was only ten days before Gan Hui, the deputy marshal of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who was in charge of besieging Fengyang, personally went to Fengyang Mansion and sent the news of Fengyang's victory to Fang Yuan.

In this way, the defenders of Fengyang are no longer afraid, and the rest can only depend on whether Sun Chuanting, the big fish, bites the hook.

At the same time as the good news of Fengyang Mansion was brought by Gan Hui, there was also an emergency military situation in Jiangxi. It was not Li Zicheng, who Fang Yuan was most worried about, that suddenly attacked, but the bandits in Jiangxi.

In recent years, Jiangxi has been tossed by Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and Zuo Liangyu in turn, and the method of these rogues and bandits to obtain food is not to make a good living and collect land endowments, but to directly send troops to kill chickens and take eggs. After the destruction of these soldiers, the local civil service system and the grassroots gentry system were all destroyed.

Due to Gan Hui's operation, there is still a Xuanjia army stationed in northern Jiangxi, and it is finally gradually returning to the normal order of the squires and the government.

And Gannan, where the emperor is far away, is a pure mess, either Hao Xiaozhong and Zhang Yingxiang are undisciplined bandits, or they are militia organizations that have escaped the control of the government, or they are bandits who gather to rob, or they are rogues who are wandering around.

Most of the government offices in various prefectures and counties have long been empty and have been abandoned for a long time. Even if there is an official government, it is elected by the locals to maintain the normal order, and it is useless. Therefore, Xi Benzhen has always insisted that he should not take over the mess in Jiangxi, because to clean up this mess, it is far from a matter of spending some money, but to restore the entire civil and gentry system.

After the overnight discussion of Fang Yuan and Gan Hui, three plans were formed to pacify the bandits in southern Gansu.

First, restore the civil and gentry system in southern Gannan as soon as possible. The local people in Jiangxi have long since slipped away, and in order to restore the local civil and gentry system, it is necessary to recruit officials from Jiangnan to go to Jiangxi.

The second is the work of suppressing bandits in southern Gansu, and Jin Shenghuan was in charge of the bandits in southern Gannan before. Now Jin Shenghuan and Wang Yunchengquan were transferred to the Fengyang battlefield by Gan Hui. Moreover, these two people are both military leaders, but they blindly violently torture and kill, and they have been tossing in southern Gannan for more than half a year, but in fact, it is not effective. Instead of abating, the problem of banditry began to spread gradually. Therefore, the work of suppressing bandits cannot be blindly killed, but to attack the city and attack the heart, this task is obviously not something that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Yuncheng can complete. It is necessary to mobilize special personnel to go to southern Gan to suppress bandits.

Third, an additional 1 million taels of silver will be allocated to carry out special reconstruction of the office space of the state and county governments and various functional departments in southern Gansu.

Fang Yuan convened a meeting of the cabinet, as well as officials from Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Songjiang, and even Nanjing, and asked for 50 more officials to be sent to southern Gansu.

Where would those government officials in the Jiangnan Flower World agree to serve in the poor mountains and bad waters of southern Gansu? But all the officials who were named either pretended to be sick, could not travel long distances or pretended to be filial piety, their parents were not far away or cried and mourned, and there was a family of seven aunts and eight aunts who could fight with eight poles to go to the funeral, and he had to keep filial piety.

Fang Yuan, the cabinet, and these officials held a meeting for three days in a row, and the list of officials sent to Gannan was still empty.

These officials are on the lookout when they see the benefits, and they hide when they see the difficulties, although Fang Yuan is angry, but there is nothing to be done. You can't go by lot! Reluctantly, even if he was reluctantly sent, how could he clean up the mess in Gannan?!

Fang Yuan was anxious about this blank list of officials, but at this time, Mao Bijiang and Liu Ru came to the door again.

Mao Bijiang first reported to Fang Yuan about the resumption of the society and the rectification plan of the Jiangnan cultural circles, Fang Yuan listened silently, his idea was actually to directly cancel the resumption of the society, and the Jiangnan cultural circles were not allowed to form parties and associations in the future.

Mao Bijiang and Liu Ruyi's rectification plan, Fang Yuan was quite dissatisfied, and directly called back, "Mao Gongzi, the society of the Fushe will become the second Donglin Party over time, so cancel it!" In the future, if you want to establish a society, you must first be approved by the government before you can form an association. ”

Mao Bijiang was shocked to hear that in the Jiangnan literary circle over the years, because of his cooperation with Fang Yuan, it has long been rumored that he is an eagle dog of the official government. If the resumption of the society is canceled now, he will become the target of public criticism, how can he gain a foothold in Jiangnan in the future?

He said hesitantly, "Regent, the Fushe is all people who serve their family and country and take the world as their own responsibility, so they withdraw, I'm afraid it will chill the students' hearts to serve the country!" ”

These literati like to talk big and make small money, the so-called service to the country is actually empty talk to serve the country, and there are very few people who can do practical work.

Fang Yuan was about to sneer a few words, but a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he changed his words and said, "Okay! Since the literati of the Fushe have the heart to serve the country, then I will give them a chance to serve the country and the people, and go to the prefectures and county governments in southern Gan to serve! ”

Mao Bijiang was stunned, and suddenly said, "Does the regent want to send them to Jiangxi?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, not only the Fushe, but also the students who graduated from Jiangnan University. As long as there is a talent and fame, and those who have graduated from the basic disciplines of Jiangnan University Hall can apply for the position of county officer, chief bookkeeper, and county lieutenant, or those who have graduated from the intermediate disciplines of Jiangnan University Hall can apply for the county order. I don't care what kind of talent they have for the world, or what kind of Taiyue Xianggong is resurrected. If you have talent, I will give them a chance, and if you go to Jiangxi to make political achievements and have no talent, don't gather in Donglin Academy, Fushe into a forced chatter, praise each other, listen disgusting! ”

Mao Bijiang also knew that he was reasonable, so he immediately agreed to this plan, and immediately signed up and selected among the students of Fushe and Jiangnan University.

Liu Ru said suddenly, "Brother Fang, the officialdom of Gannan relies on these students who have no experience in government affairs, I'm afraid that they still owe some heat, and they still need a person with practical ability to preside over the overall situation!" ”

Fang Yuan looked at it in a daze, and suddenly understood what she was referring to, that is, because of the Hou Fangyu case, he was removed from the post of Tongzhi of Shaoxing Mansion before, and now he is being imprisoned in Jinyi Wei Prison, waiting for Fang Yuan to go to the interview to decide, Chen Zilong.

After Liu Ru's reminder, this Chen Zilong is really a suitable candidate. It can not only enable him to atone for his sins, but also examine his true talents and learning. That mess in Jiangxi, as long as Gan Hui and the Xuanjia Army are stationed, even if Chen Zilong has other ideas, he won't be able to make a name for himself.

Moreover, the desire of these literati to serve the country is, in Fang Yuan's view, nonsense. Few people will be loyal to the court far away in the capital, and disregard their own future and interests.

Chen Zilong, as well as those noisy literati, just thought that under Fang Yuan's rule, there was no room for them to display their ambitions, so they resented. This time he was sent to Jiangxi to take up his post, which was a touchstone, whether it was a mule or a horse to go out for a walk.

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Okay, since Sister Liu gave him a guarantee, the interview will be waived!" I appointed him as the governor of the four prefectures of Ji'an, Nan'an, Ganzhou, and Jianchang in southern Gannan, and presided over the affairs of southern Gannan with full powers. From scratch, rebuild the official government and gentry system of the four prefectures in southern Gansu. If you have outstanding political achievements, I will be promoted. ”

Liu Ru saw that he actually promoted Chen Zilong to be the governor of the four prefectures this time, and indeed gave Chen Zilong a chance to make meritorious contributions, so he hurriedly bowed and thanked him, "Brother Xie Fang is generous, it's just that Jiangxi and Jiangnan are in turmoil, Chen Zilong is in charge of government affairs, who will Brother Fang send to preside over military affairs?!" ”

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said, "I don't have any suitable candidates, so I'll send Xu Cheng, the princess's adopted son, to preside over military affairs!" ”

Xu Cheng is Xu Hua's youngest son, who is sixteen or seventeen years old this year, and previously served in the Jinyi Guard. Fang Yuan sent Xu Cheng, who had not yet been crowned, to Jiangxi to give him a rare opportunity to sharpen at the grassroots level.

Whether Xu Cheng can become a big tool or not, you will know after a try.

Fang Yuan made a surprise move this time, and sent Chen Zilong and Xu Cheng, two little-known stinkers, to clean up the chaos in southern Jiangxi.

Can these two stinkers beat one Zhuge Liang?!

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