Zhou Chong never thought that Zhengde would arrange two helpers for him, which was originally a good thing, but God knows what Zhengde thought, and actually got Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai, two guys who had already gained notoriety, to Zhou Chong's men?

Among them, Zhang Cai is just that, although he used to have a reputation for being lustful, but now he is sixty years old, it is estimated that he is powerless to be lustful, and he is indeed a good hand in government affairs, Liu Jin was able to control the government before, and thanks to Zhang Cai behind him to help him plan. But in contrast, Jiao Fang is already eighty years old, although he looks energetic, but the old age spots on his face can't deceive people, Zhou Zhong is worried that if the old man is overworked one day, it is estimated that he will not be able to sleep for a long time.

In fact, to be honest, Zhou Chong does need some talents in government affairs, after all, the jurisdiction under the management of his Governor's Office is getting bigger and bigger, and now it now includes Taiwan Province, Malacca Province, and the old Hong Kong Government, and it will definitely increase rapidly in the future, so there are more and more government affairs in the Governor's Palace, and Zhou Chong doesn't want to spend his time dealing with these boring government affairs, so he urgently needs some senior talents in government affairs around him.

However, it is a pity that Zhou Chong was transferred from a military position like a commander to a civilian position like a governor, and there is no shortage of generals who lead troops to fight in their hands, such as Shen Ying, Qu Lie and Chang Xiao, they can all be used as generals in their own right, and a new generation of generals is also being trained, and even Zhou Zhong is already considering the plan to establish a military academy.

Compared with the generals, there are few civilian officials available in Zhou Chong's hands, and the earliest ones are Yang Tong, Tang Bohu and others from the City Bo Division, these people have been used by Zhou Chong to the extreme. For example, like Tang Bohu. is obviously a bohemian and uninhibited talent. But now he has been forced by government affairs to become an official who is buried in the case, and he usually has no time to paint and recite poetry, and he even has very little time to spend with his family, which has made his wife Shen Jiuniang a little complaining.

However, although Yang Tong and Tang Bohu can barely serve as the prefect of a place, because of their experience and background, they can handle some specific government affairs, but if they grasp the overall situation, they still need a long time of experience. After all, there is no so-called genius in this world, and everyone needs to go through a learning process before they can be competent in a certain aspect of work.

It is precisely because of this that there has always been a lack of some high-level talents in government affairs in the Governor's Palace, but most of these talents are above the court, and most of them are in high positions.

Maybe Zhengde also discovered that Zhou Chong lacked such senior political talents around him, and he missed the old feelings. felt that Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai were implicated because of Liu Jin's affairs, and Jiao Fang was okay. At least he can live at home, but Zhang Cai is at the peak of his political career, and he is likely to enter the cabinet in the future, but he fell to the bottom all of a sudden, and even could only live incognito, which made Zhengde feel a little guilty, so he recommended them to Zhou Chong, hoping that Zhou Zhong could compensate them for himself.

Although Zhou Chong and Zhengde did not have much contact, it may be that the two are connected in blood, so that Zhou Chong already knows Zhengde's character very well, and when he saw Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai coming, he had already guessed Zhengde's intention of arranging them, which made him really unable to refuse, and he had to agree to it.

The position of the governor is equivalent to that of the governor, in fact, there is no essential area between the two, but the governor is generally appointed in the more stable provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and for the provinces that are prone to wars and conflicts in the frontier, the governor has always been set up, so it can be seen from this point that the governor is more focused on civil governance, and the military power in the hands of the governor is heavier than the governor, but in the establishment of the internal yamen, there is not much difference between the two.

Zhou Chong, the governor, has three prefectures under the rule, of which the territory of Taiwan is very broad, plus all the sea areas are also under the jurisdiction of Zhou Chong, so Zhou Chong's authority as the governor of the four seas is also quite heavy, according to the Ming official system, he should also have the left and right political officials, the punishment according to the prosecutor's department, the left and right politics, the left and right senators and other civil official systems, but because the establishment of the Sihai Governor's Mansion is too short, so these civil officials are not complete at all, so there is only one Zuo Bu political envoy temporarily served by Yang Tong, Zhou Chong himself is also responsible for the prosecution department, and as for the other political and senatorial departments, they are all vacant for the time being, and it is precisely because of this that the pressure on Zhou Chong is quite heavy.

But now Zhengde sent Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai, and finally shared some of the pressure on Zhou Chong, among which Jiao Fang had a handwritten letter from Zhengde, which told Zhou Chong that he sent Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai to the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, and temporarily helped Zhou Chong deal with government affairs.

Zhengde talked about this, and Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai are indeed talents that Zhou Chong urgently needs, so after thinking about it, Zhou Chong immediately wrote an excerpt to Zhengde, ensuring that Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai, who is alias Zhang Yu, participate in politics as the left and right of the Governor's Palace, as for whether the ministers in the court will object, it is none of his business, Zhengde himself will always have a way to deal with it.

The formal appointment of Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai came down soon, which made Jiao Fang and both of them ecstatic, although the left and right participation in politics was only the fourth grade, which was far worse than the senior officials of the first grade before them, but don't forget, one of them has been dismissed now, and the other has lost even the previous identity, and even the idea of losing their career has long been in their hearts, but here in Zhou Chong, they have a chance to start over, which makes Jiao Fang and the others not happy?

It's also a bit strange to say, Zhang Cai is just sixty years old, and he is in the golden age of a senior official, so his desire to be an official is very strong and normal, but Jiao Fang is already eighty years old this year, according to the original history, he only has four years to live, but even so, Jiao Fang's pursuit of fame and fortune has not stopped, even stronger than Zhang Cai, and according to Zhang Cai's private disclosure, Zhengde was only ready to recommend Zhang Cai to come here in Zhouzhong, But Jiao Fang heard about it from nowhere, so he immediately ran to the capital and begged Zhengde bitterly, Zhengde was entangled and had no choice, so he finally agreed to recommend Jiao Fang as well.

Of course, Zhang Cai deliberately revealed to Zhou Chong the reason why Jiao Fang was recommended, but in fact, he didn't have any good intentions, he was just reminding Zhou Chong that he was the person His Majesty the Emperor really wanted to recommend, and Jiao Fang only begged for it with a cheeky face, and Jiao Fang's age was too old, so if there is any government affairs in the future, although he can be ordered to do it, if there is a chance to be promoted in the future, he must also be given priority.

For Zhang Cai's careful eyes, Zhou Chong naturally also sees it in his eyes, in the traditional sense, Zhang Cai's behavior of saying bad things about people behind his back is very shameful, but Zhang Cai and Jiao Fang are not righteous gentlemen, among them, although Jiao Fang's desire for fame and fortune is stronger, and his personality is also a little extreme and strong, but generally speaking, he is still a virtuous person, and his official reputation among the people when he was an official is also very good, especially he takes great care of the people in his hometown, even after a few hundred years, Jiao Fang's hometown still has many stories of him working for the benefit of his hometown.

In contrast, Zhang Cai's virtue is very problematic, he used to be lustful when he was young, and when he saw that the concubine married by his subordinates was beautiful, he directly asked for it, although in the era of the Ming Dynasty, the status of concubines was very low, and it was not uncommon for scholars to give concubines to each other, but that was generally a voluntary gift, and it was very rare for Zhang Cai to take the initiative to ask for it.

Fortunately, as he grew older, Zhang Cai estimated that he no longer had the ability to do something, so when he assisted Liu Jin, he never heard of asking others for concubines, but now although Zhang Cai is no longer so pursuing women, his other virtues are not a good person, such as saying bad things about people behind his back, stumbling on others, etc., as long as it is beneficial to himself, he will definitely do it.

However, although Zhang Cai's virtue is problematic, his talent is also obvious to all, for example, within a few days of coming to Zhou Chong's Governor's Palace, he has helped Zhou Chong to take care of the entire governor's palace in an orderly manner, and even mingles with some small officials in the palace, which is very popular with those officials, and can integrate into the governor's palace in such a short period of time, and how well he gets along, which is already a great talent in itself.

So although Zhou Chong knew that Zhang Cai's virtue was problematic, he was still very bold to entrust him with important tasks, after all, now Zhang Cai has no place to go, only under his own hands, he can be reused, otherwise if his identity is exposed, just the enemy he made back then is enough to make him die without a place to be buried, and Zhou Chong is not an ordinary person, he has enough confidence to control a talented and virtuous person like Zhang Cai for his own use.

Zhou Zhong reused Zhang Cai at the same time, naturally did not forget Jiao Fang, this old guy who is obsessed with fame and fortune is not simple, he spent a period of time to understand the situation of Taiwan, Malacca, and the old port, and began to suggest that Zhou Chong strengthen his rule over these three places, especially Malacca and Old Port, which are far away from the Central Plains, and need to strengthen the rule there, and this kind of rule is not just about sending troops, but also needs some administrative means, and this is what Zhou Chong lacks, and now Jiao Fang's arrival, This hidden danger has finally been solved. (To be continued......)