Tang Hua, Bai Zihou and others escorted 200,000 yuan in coins, as well as clothing and other materials, and took an ox cart to Zhuqian City. Zhang Yimao and two squads of soldiers continued to escort on both sides of the convoy.

Bai Zihou went to Hsinchu County to serve as the county governor and concurrently serve as the director of the Finance and Taxation Bureau, and at the same time made preparations for opening a bank. Tang Hua made a special trip to congratulate the establishment of Hsinchu County as a member of the imperial court, and at the same time checked the treasury materials and guided the financial work of Hsinchu.

The Ming army occupied Taiwan, and in order to firmly control the localities, it needed to work hard in many places, and one of the important aspects was to seize money and grain and do a good job in finance.

The bank of the crossing team is in the preparatory stage, and the conditions for rolling out bank business outlets are still very immature, so the crossing team is considering setting up a finance and taxation bureau in each county, and a savings bank under the finance and taxation bureau. However, the accounting staff in the crossing team are mainly women, which involves the issue of women being officials.

Women are officials, in the late Qing Dynasty, this was a nuclear explosion!

After discussion, the team unified their views, the current human resources are very scarce, since sooner or later the emancipation of women will be carried out, simply implement the talent policy of "meritocracy, regardless of men and women". In addition, in the early days of Taiwan, the military victory was powerful, and the opposition was much smaller. When habits become natural, when the time comes, the gentry can only accept the status quo. Otherwise, after the Ding Revolution, it will be a little difficult to implement.

"Auntie, I'm a little panicked."

Bai Zihou is a college student with a financial background, and after graduation, he came to the crossing team and has been engaged in financial management. Bai Zihou was unsure about participating in local management work, and when she saw that the bamboo moat city was in front of her, she suddenly became a little apprehensive.

"Sister, don't panic, you're here to be an official!" Tang Hua pressed Bai Zihou's shoulder with his hand, "Do you remember what Qian Shuiting said?" The guns are in our hands, and a few feudal natives jump up and down, but they can't stir up any big waves. ”

According to the deployment of Qian Shuiting and Wang Tiehammer, Yu Xi and McClain took Kurota Zhengxiong, Wang Zhaohong, Luo Zaitian, and several officers of the army were already waiting in front of the city gate.

The troops guarding the bamboo moat city, except for the personnel on duty, the remaining more than 50 people also gathered on the left side of the city gate, they were fully armed, neatly lined up in three rows. On the right side of the city gate, dozens of gentry, merchants, and village representatives from the city also lined up in a welcoming formation.

The police team set up a cordon 60 or 70 meters outside the city gate to stop all the people watching the excitement outside.

Seeing the convoy appear on the official road, Yu Xi and McClain immediately commanded everyone to line up the team. Waiting for the ox cart to approach, McClain shouted, "Lizheng~!" ”

With a "bang", the troops lined up on the left side of the city gate quickly straightened their chests and stomachs.

Seeing Tang Hua and Bai Zihou get down from the ox cart, Yu Xi and McClain greeted them together, making a gesture of greeting Shangguan. Yu Xi clasped his fists, and McClain stood up and saluted.

"Lord Tang has come from afar, and the lower officials and others have missed the distance, forgive the sins, forgive the sins!"

Tang Hua stepped forward and bowed, "Lord Yu and Lord Mai are polite, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for a long time." ”

Ah, this Shangguan from the household department turned out to be a woman!

What, that little woman is the money and grain county sent by the Ming Dynasty to manage the household!

Seeing the two women wearing black veils and official robes, these gentry and businessmen and village representatives were all dizzy, and after waiting for a long time, they did not expect that the court officials who greeted them turned out to be women, and a group of gentry with a particularly strong sense of traditional feudalism immediately became in a commotion. The policeman in charge of maintaining order immediately shouted in a low voice, "Silence, no noise!" ”

Accompanied by Yu Xi and McClain, Tang Hua and Kuroda Zhengxiong, Wang Zhaohong and others who came to greet him bowed one by one, and then she walked to the front of the troops and raised her hand to salute, "Hello comrades!" ”

The team shouted loudly: "Hello sir! ”

"Comrades have worked hard!"

"Play for Huaxia!"

Tang Hua is a veteran cadre on the financial front, and her husband Yun Dongming is also a veteran of the army, and she herself is quite experienced in the army's procedures.

The loud slogans of the troops seemed to stir up a sense of slaughter, and they were suddenly suppressed by the agitation of the gentry.

Finally, Tang Hua turned around and came to the front of the gentry, merchants, and village representatives.

She slowly bowed her hand, "Gentlemen and gentlemen, this official represents the Ming Dynasty and the Central Committee of the Chinese Rejuvenation Party to visit you in Zhuqian City. ”

Tang Hua soothed everyone a little and preached the policies and purposes of the Ming Dynasty. She told everyone that although the Ming Dynasty had strong ships and strong guns, strong soldiers and horses, after preparing to take Taiwan, it implemented the policy of building high walls, accumulating grain, and delaying conquest. To build an unprecedented political power in Taiwan, with districts under counties, townships under districts, and villages in the countryside, the power of the imperial court will intervene in every corner of society, and establish a world of great harmony advocated by the sages, so as to ensure that the old are supported, the strong are useful, and the young are grown, and everyone can live and work in peace and contentment.

Most of the gentry and merchants and village representatives could understand the standard Chinese, and the blueprint drawn by Tang Hua made them feel strange and unimaginable, but Tang Hua played the banner of a saint, and those gentlemen who were full of feudal ideas listened seriously.

In the end, Tang Hua changed his words, "Building Taiwan into a prosperous, prosperous and powerful place requires the joint efforts of all the people of Taiwan, and everyone needs to work together and work together." In the eyes of the imperial court, in the eyes of us Baathists, those who do not stand with us and do not fight with us are traitors who are in the company of the Manchurian Tartars, and there is no middle camp at both ends of the first place. ”

It's a threat! This is intimidation! This is~~~

These so-called gentlemen and virtuous men blushed and watched Tang Hua and Bai Zihou, accompanied by Yu Xi and McClalain, board the ox cart.

When the convoy disappeared into the city gate, soldiers immediately presented three books to the gentry, merchants, and village representatives, each of whom presented "World History," "The Iron Curtain Descends," and "The Baath Party Manifesto."

Seeing that the troops and the policemen in charge of the guard had all withdrawn, the gentry and merchants who participated in the welcome also walked towards the city in groups with books in their towels.

Regarding the arrival of Tang Hua and Bai Zihou, most of the gentry and businessmen had an indifferent attitude. Taiwan is isolated overseas, and the feudal etiquette and religion are quite loose in restricting women, and ordinary people can accept women as officials. In their opinion, the Ming Dynasty has already entered Taiwan, and who is willing to be used as an official is a matter for the imperial court, and the people just listen to it.

Only some people who are particularly stubborn in feudal etiquette and religion are very unhappy with the arrival of Tang Hua and others, and Zhang Zhongxing, who still has a braid on the back of his head, is one of them.

Zhang Tingwang, the word Zhongxing, No. Danyuan, Shandong Jining. In the fifteenth year of Daoguang, he was a second-class jinshi. He was once a fellow governor of the Tamsui Department, and later served as the governor of Taiwan, but at the beginning of the year, because of his resolute personality and not serving him, he offended Taiwan's Dao Yuduo and was dismissed. After the dismissal, Zhang Zhongxing sent his wife and children back to his hometown in Shandong, and he took two caring family members to live in Zhuqian City.

After the Ming army entered the city and re-registered, they wrote down Zhang Zhongxing's name. Although the Ming army occupied the northern part of Taiwan, it did not block traffic, and pedestrians and merchants could still travel back and forth between the north and the south as usual. Since Zhang Zhongxing still stayed in Zhuqian City and did not leave, Wang Zhaohong and others thought that he also had the heart to serve, so they also included his name in the list of enlightened gentlemen in Zhuyan.

In fact, Zhang Zhongxing has always been loyal to the Manchu Tartars, and the reason why he did not go to Tainan was not to join the Ming army. Zhang Zhongxing just felt that the 7,000 men and horses of Ding Yuejian and Zeng Yuming were defeated too quickly, and he wanted to stay and observe the reality of the Ming army, so as to know himself and his opponent.

Zhang Zhongxing walked to the city with the gentlemen, crossed the intersection at the city gate, and saw that there were no policemen waiting for the Ming Dynasty on the street, he couldn't help but express the indignation in his heart, "It's really strange! The Ming Dynasty actually sent a five-grade female official, isn't this Si Chen! ”

Although Zhang Zhongxing was the prefect of Taiwan in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the city of Zhuqian is now the territory of the Ming army, so naturally there are many gentry who plan to serve the Ming Dynasty who want to cut his face and speak for the Ming Dynasty.

"Lord Zhang's words are wrong!" A soldier who cut off his braids shook his head, "Didn't Ming Jun say it, meritocracy, regardless of gender." In the past, Qin Liangyu was promoted to the Taibao and was named a marquis. ”

Chen Jixi was a famous man in Zhuqian City, and when he saw the various measures of the Ming army to govern the city, there was indeed a new dynasty atmosphere, so he made up his mind to serve the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing someone express a different opinion, Zhang Zhongxing let out a sneer, "Brother Ren, that is a special moment. In the last years of Chongzhen and the Southern Ming Dynasty, there were not too many officials of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Now is also a special period, the Ming Dynasty has just entered Taiwan, and it is the time to change the strings. People have strong ships and guns, strong soldiers and strong horses, and they can use whoever they want, they have the final say! After Chen Jixi finished speaking, he raised his hand and walked away with his hand behind his back. Several gentry who were like-minded with Chen Jixi also left.

Looking at their backs, Zhang Zhongxing regretted that he was too upright, and he really shouldn't reveal his heart, and talk to these anti-willed guys, if it reaches the ears of the Ming bandits, it will be bad.

Zhang Zhongxing had many guys with the same granite head around him, and when he saw Zhang Zhongxing shaking his head and sighing, someone immediately expressed his support, "Lord Zhang, what you said is right." Si Chen, let us obey the woman's orders, it's insulting! ”

A gentry said indignantly, "Do these women know shame when they show their heads outside?" ”

The gentleman spoke loudly, annoying the landlady of a shop on the street.

Taiwanese women have never been spicy, and the female boss immediately jumped out, "This man, you may not have bought anything, but haven't your family ever bought anything on the street?" Without us women who show up, what do you eat, what do you wear, what do you use! ”

"How can this be justified, how can this be justified!"

The gentleman was trembling with anger, and he wanted to argue, but someone immediately reminded him, "Let's go, there are patrolling policemen coming!" ”

The group muttered "good men don't fight with women" and quickly dodged away.

Zhang Zhongxing returned home and calmed down. He opened the three books issued by the Ming army, studied them carefully for an afternoon, and finally gained a certain degree of understanding of the Ming army.

When it was almost dark, under the reminder of his family, Zhang Zhongxing remembered one thing, Ming Jun invited him to attend the evening buffet.

Zhang Zhongxing thought for a moment and snorted, "Forget it!" If you don't go, what kind of buffet is just a welcome dinner for the female officer. ”