In September of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the autumn was high and cool.

Zheng Xunrui's mood is also very good, the Zheng family army has expanded to 80,000 people, including 15,000 people in Shaanxi, 35,000 people in Fuzhou and Penglai, including the Penglai Navy Division that has been attributed to the Zheng family army, 30,000 people are stationed in Huaibei, it can be said that the Zheng family army has become the most courageous army in the Ming Dynasty, but the Zheng family army still follows a tradition, that is, do not want the imperial court to pay a penny of silver military expenses, so for the specific amount of Zheng family army, not many people know.

The Huai'an Firearms Bureau is producing at full capacity, the Mauser gun is constantly equipped with the Zheng family soldiers, the Hongyi cannon is also gradually equipped with the artillery battalion, the Firearms Bureau continues to train the artillery battalion and the Shenji battalion in accordance with the requirements, in addition, the Firearms Bureau is developing a new type of firearm, which is known as the sniper gun, which requires higher accuracy of shooting, farther distance, and greater lethality.

The protection fee collected by Hongmen was bumpy in the early days, and encountered a lot of problems, but as time went by, with the increase of Hongmen's punishment, the merchants gradually understood that if they forcibly resisted, the outcome must be very miserable. More importantly, because the government at all levels cares about the interests of the people, suppresses the greed of the scholars, and allows the people to recuperate, the people who have food and silver in their hands can also buy more things, which also promotes more prosperity in commerce and trade, and the merchants can earn more silver from it, and the normal and prosperous transportation of Cao Yun has given the merchants a lot of opportunities to make money.

However, in about half a month, Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe were basically squeezed out of Huaibei, which can be said to have left in disgrace, while Huaibei Prefecture and County have greatly expanded their scale to absorb more readers, and all students and children can enter it to study, and some of the students who are ready to participate in the county examination can be selected. After the recommendation of the village and town, you can also enter it to study, according to Zheng Xunrui's requirements, the county order, the prefect and the prefect must squeeze out time. Those who participate in the teaching have greatly improved the level of government schools, state schools and county schools, and the vast majority of readers are willing to participate in learning.

Huaibei finally developed according to the steps planned by Zheng Xunrui, without experiencing much bloodshed and not encountering too many twists and turns. There is no loss of local vitality, and everything seems to be very stable.

Huai'an Wharf, a majestic appearance, bearded old man, accompanied by several middle-aged and young people, walked off the sailboat, although the old man is very old, but the spirit is very good, no need anyone to help, the old man is not in a hurry to leave the wharf, but on the wharf to walk around to see. From time to time, I asked some people on the dock, and I didn't know what the situation was.

There were a lot of people on the docks, and no one paid special attention to the old man.

The old man stayed at the dock for more than an hour, and although the old man looked weathered, his face changed several times, probably because he was curious about everything on the dock.

After leaving the dock, the old man headed towards Huai'an Fucheng, and the people around him persuaded him to take the carriage, but the old man refused.

Daming needs to rely on the certificate issued by the government to go out, but this has long been abolished in Huaibei. Anyone entering Fuzhou County in Huaibei does not need to find out their identity, and when you enter the city, the sergeant guarding will not look at your personal identification. This is a requirement of the Governor's Palace, and no one is allowed to disobey it.

The Governor's Palace, Zheng Xunrui's face was smiling.

"Unexpectedly, Mr. Sun Chengzong actually came to Huai'an Mansion, probably because of the many things I did, which alarmed this old gentleman. Let's let Mr. Sun take a good look around Huai'an Mansion City. ”

Xu Wanghua's face is not very good, he knows that Sun Chengzong's influence in the Ming Dynasty, whether it is in the court or among the common people, has a lot of prestige, and Sun Chengzong is already an old man in his seventies, in case there is any accident because of anger or other matters, this is very unfavorable for Zheng Xunrui.

"My lord, my subordinates think that the government is asking the government to pay more attention to Mr. Sun's whereabouts and prevent any accidents, Mr. Sun's prestige is not ordinary, and adults also need to leave a good impression."

"There is no need for these, Mr. Sun can look at it however he wants, I still wish that Mr. Sun could look around, even if it is to go to all parts of Huaibei to see, it is okay, let's speak with facts, and see how Mr. Sun feels after going everywhere."

"My lord, Mr. Sun is one of the most admired predecessors of the Donglin Party, even if it is Qian Qianyi, Qian Shisheng and Hou Xian, after seeing Mr. Sun, they are all respectful, and the subordinates feel that Mr. Sun came to Huai'an this time, it must be because of many things that happened in the court, and it is better for the adults to prepare."

Zheng Xunrui glanced at Xu Wanghua and spoke meaningfully.

"The reason why Mr. Sun became a respected person, with an unusual prestige, relied on the loyalty of serving the court, when Wei Zhongxian was in awe of the old man, although the old man was relieved and returned to the field, but he did not dare to do harm, and then the old man came back again, took over the Liaodong stall left by Yuan Chonghuan, turned the tide, stabilized the situation in Liaodong, and showed extraordinary ability, these are all commendable, in the face of people like Mr. Sun Chengzong, we don't need to do any cover-up, He is already in his seventies and can see everything clearly, and if we deliberately make some preparations to hide from the old gentleman who has been through the turmoil, it is almost impossible. ”

"Right and wrong, since someone to comment, we respect Mr. Sun, let him see the true situation in Huai'an, if the old man turns a blind eye to these matters, then why do we do something against our will, it seems that we want to curry favor with Mr. Sun, we don't need to do this, take a step back and say, even if Mr. Sun disagrees with all this, we don't care, once we choose the road, don't be interfered with by anyone."

Xu Wanghua nodded, of course he knew what Zheng Xunrui meant.

The old man with white hair is Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong is a native of Gaoyang, Baoding, Beizhili, Wanli 32 years of the palace test list, awarded the Hanlin Academy to edit, was forty-one years old at the time, in the Hanlin Academy for ten years, once served as the teacher of the Taichang Emperor and the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the second year of the Apocalypse, the sixty-year-old Sun Chengzong, served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and concurrently served as a scholar of the East Pavilion University, entered the cabinet, in September of the same year, he served as the governor of Jiliao with the title of the secretary of the Ministry of War, and officially Jingying Liaodong affairs, five years of the Apocalypse, because of the discord with Wei Zhongxian, and because of some small changes in Liaodong, Sun Chengzong resigned and returned to his hometown, In the second year of Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong was reactivated, and he was awarded the title of Prince and Prince, the scholar of the Zhongji Temple, and concurrently served as the secretary of the military department, and dispatched the defense of the capital.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Liu nineteen-year-old Sun Chengzong went out of the customs with illness, inspected the defense of western Liaoning, and was particularly concerned about the construction of Dalinghe City, which was also a suggestion put forward by Sun Chengzong.

Looking at Sun Chengzong's resume, it can be said that he was a late bloomer, became a cabinet minister at the age of sixty, and spent most of his time in the Hanlin Academy, or as a Japanese lecturer, from sixty to sixty-nine years old, ten years, basically around the defense of Liaodong, when Sun Chengzong was in charge of the defense of Liaodong, he did three major things, the first thing was to create and consolidate the Guanningjin defense line, and it was precisely because of this defense line that the Ming Dynasty in history only fell to the time, and the Qing Dynasty was not able to really break through the Guanningjin defense line, The second thing is to clarify the main ideas and measures of Liaodong's defense, that is, to focus on defense, consolidate the affairs of Liaodong's border passes, so that the people can farm with peace of mind, and the army and the people can achieve joint defense, so that the Houjin Tartars do not dare to act rashly, and the third thing is to recommend a group of civil and military generals who are guarding Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, Man Gui, etc., all of which benefited from Sun Chengzong's recommendation, and even Mao Wenlong was taken care of by Sun Chengzong.

Everything Sun Chengzong did in Liaodong, after history has proved that it is correct, he served as the Liao Governor of Jiliao for a few years, Liaodong has been stable, there are almost no major wars, some people think that Sun Chengzong did not make much credit, did not be able to massively exterminate the living force of the Houjin Tartars, this is the mentality of standing and talking without back pain, it is precisely because Sun Chengzong paid attention to the defense of Liaodong and established a solid line of defense, so that the Houjin Tartars knew the difficulties and retreated, and did not dare to covet it, and after Sun Chengzong resigned, Because of the change in the defense policy of Liaodong, the Houjin Tartars repeatedly entered the customs and plundered.

Moreover, Sun Chengzong in history also sacrificed his life in the battle against the Houjin Tartars, not only himself, but even his family, more than 40 men and women of the whole family, were also killed in the battle against the Houjin Tartars.

Sun Chengzong was evaluated as a military strategist, a loyal patriot, and a national hero, which is well deserved.

Such an old man, at the age of seventy-six, regardless of his old age and frailty, actually came to Huaibei, so Xu Wanghua didn't pay attention to it, in fact, Zheng Xunrui paid the same attention, but the way it was expressed was different.

Sun Chengzong is the object that Zheng Xunrui is ready to fight for, in the past, because of his duties, he could not visit, now that Sun Chengzong has come to Huaibei, Zheng Xunrui of course has to do some preparations, it is impossible to let Sun Chengzong go into battle to kill the enemy, but let him as a consultant, with his extraordinary prestige and reputation to expand his influence, it can still be done.

Of course, people like Sun Chengzong have their own personality and temper, and it is not enough to be reluctant. (To be continued.) )